NURS 110 Exam 1 2026 Exam
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What is the single most effective basic technique in preventing and
controlling the transmission of infection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hand Hygiene
What are the four techniques of hand hygiene? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Handwashing with soap and water, antiseptic hand wash, antiseptic
hand rub, and surgical hand asepsis
,Cleaning practices are likely established in the first ______ years of a
person's life. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10
When to perform hand hygiene? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- beginning and end of
shift/ when entering and leaving unit
- before donning and after doffing gloves
- when hands are visibly soiled
- after using the restroom, eating, coughing or sneezing
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after contact with a patient
- after touching equipment or surface that may be contaminated
- before handling medications, food, or equipment for nursing procedures
- when moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site during
patient care
What methods of hand hygiene does the CDC recommend? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔using antibacterial hand rub with 60-95% alcohol in healthcare setting.
Unless hands are visibly soiled, an alcohol-based hand rub is preferred
over soap and water. Hands should be washed with soap and water for at
,least 20 seconds when visibly soiled, before eating, and after using the
restroom
When to use alcohol based gels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- used after casual
contact in a clean environment with no contact with body fluids
- "gel in, gel out" at hospital before entering and after exiting patient room
what is the After 3 rule? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔After each 3 uses of alcohol
based gels, a soap and water wash is required
How to decide whether to use soap and water or antiseptic gel? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The decision whether to use an antiseptic soap or an alcohol
based hand rub depends on whether the hands are visibly soiled, the type
of infections microorganism, the procedure to be performed, and the
patient's immune status.
What are the top 8 ways healthcare workers contaminate their hands? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- bed linen
- patient gown
- overbed table
- BP cuff
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, - side rails
- bath door handle
- IV pump button
- room door handle
What is the CDC? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Center for Disease Control (best
practice/evidence based)
What is OSHA? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (U.S. Department of Labor/ handwashing access in the
workplace)
What is WHO? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔World Health Organization (Global Impact/
Evidence Based)
What is the Joint Commission? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Patient Safety
Goal; compliance with hand washing
What are two examples of pathogens that alcohol based gels are
ineffective against? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. difficile and norovirus
what is the first step in "Standard Precautions"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hand
hygiene
Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
What is the single most effective basic technique in preventing and
controlling the transmission of infection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hand Hygiene
What are the four techniques of hand hygiene? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Handwashing with soap and water, antiseptic hand wash, antiseptic
hand rub, and surgical hand asepsis
,Cleaning practices are likely established in the first ______ years of a
person's life. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10
When to perform hand hygiene? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- beginning and end of
shift/ when entering and leaving unit
- before donning and after doffing gloves
- when hands are visibly soiled
- after using the restroom, eating, coughing or sneezing
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after contact with a patient
- after touching equipment or surface that may be contaminated
- before handling medications, food, or equipment for nursing procedures
- when moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site during
patient care
What methods of hand hygiene does the CDC recommend? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔using antibacterial hand rub with 60-95% alcohol in healthcare setting.
Unless hands are visibly soiled, an alcohol-based hand rub is preferred
over soap and water. Hands should be washed with soap and water for at
,least 20 seconds when visibly soiled, before eating, and after using the
restroom
When to use alcohol based gels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- used after casual
contact in a clean environment with no contact with body fluids
- "gel in, gel out" at hospital before entering and after exiting patient room
what is the After 3 rule? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔After each 3 uses of alcohol
based gels, a soap and water wash is required
How to decide whether to use soap and water or antiseptic gel? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔The decision whether to use an antiseptic soap or an alcohol
based hand rub depends on whether the hands are visibly soiled, the type
of infections microorganism, the procedure to be performed, and the
patient's immune status.
What are the top 8 ways healthcare workers contaminate their hands? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- bed linen
- patient gown
- overbed table
- BP cuff
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, - side rails
- bath door handle
- IV pump button
- room door handle
What is the CDC? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Center for Disease Control (best
practice/evidence based)
What is OSHA? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (U.S. Department of Labor/ handwashing access in the
workplace)
What is WHO? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔World Health Organization (Global Impact/
Evidence Based)
What is the Joint Commission? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Patient Safety
Goal; compliance with hand washing
What are two examples of pathogens that alcohol based gels are
ineffective against? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C. difficile and norovirus
what is the first step in "Standard Precautions"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hand
hygiene
