DaVita PCT Test questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
You are assisting a patient to step onto the scale by holding the patient's hand. Such a casual contact:
A) Requires wearing gloves and hand hygiene afterwards
B) Requires neither gloves nor hand hygiene since there is no contact with blood or body fluids
C) Requires gloves only without performing hand hygiene when discarding the gloves
D) Does not require wearing gloves but you must perform hand hygiene afterwards
- correct answer D) Does not require wearing gloves but you must perform hand hygiene afterwards
Which statement is true about sinks used for handwashing?
A) Patients may not use sinks that are dedicated for teammate handwashing, but should have their own
sinks
B) Handwashing sinks may be used to discard clean solutions such as left-over normal saline in a sterile
bag
C) Handwashing sinks must be dedicated for handwashing purposes only and should remain clean
D) Handwashing sinks may be used to discard bleach solution since the solution kills germs and has the
added benefit of disinfecting the sink
- correct answer C) Handwashing sinks must be dedicated for handwashing purposes only and should
remain clean
Which infectious disease requires frequent handwashing instead of using alcohol based gels?
- correct answer Active Clostridioides difficile infection C. diff
Per the CDC, which is the most important route by which pathogens are transmitted in health-care
setting including dialysis centers?
A) Contact transmission
, B) Airborne transmission
C) Fecal-oral transmission
D) Vector-borne (flies, mites, etc.) transmission
- correct answer A) Contact transmission
V-Tags cite deficiencies, provide interpretive guidance, and provide a condition that must be met for
each regulation. How can knowledge of V-tags affect the practice of patient care providers?
A) Provide patient care within CMS Conditions of Coverage
B) Understand rationales for specific regulations as outlined in the interpretive guidance
C) Assist in the development of policies and procedures
D) All the above
- correct answer D) All the above
If your facility dialyzes Hepatitis B positive patients, which assignment would NOT be an appropriate
patient care assignment?
A) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B immune patients at the same time
B) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B susceptible patients at the same time
C) Caring for Hepatitis B susceptible patients and those in the process of receiving the vaccination at the
same time
D) Caring for Hepatitis B immune and susceptible patients at the same time
- correct answer B) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B susceptible patients at the same time
Per the CDC, which is the most common factor contributing to bacterial infections in dialysis patients?
A) Inappropriate skin preparation prior to vascular access needle insertion
B) The use of catheters for hemodialysis
C) Poor needle site rotation when cannulating an internal vascular access
D) Exposing needle insertion sites to unclean environmental areas, e.g. contaminated chair side tables
during dialysis
- correct answer B) The use of catheters for hemodialysis
A+ Grade
You are assisting a patient to step onto the scale by holding the patient's hand. Such a casual contact:
A) Requires wearing gloves and hand hygiene afterwards
B) Requires neither gloves nor hand hygiene since there is no contact with blood or body fluids
C) Requires gloves only without performing hand hygiene when discarding the gloves
D) Does not require wearing gloves but you must perform hand hygiene afterwards
- correct answer D) Does not require wearing gloves but you must perform hand hygiene afterwards
Which statement is true about sinks used for handwashing?
A) Patients may not use sinks that are dedicated for teammate handwashing, but should have their own
sinks
B) Handwashing sinks may be used to discard clean solutions such as left-over normal saline in a sterile
bag
C) Handwashing sinks must be dedicated for handwashing purposes only and should remain clean
D) Handwashing sinks may be used to discard bleach solution since the solution kills germs and has the
added benefit of disinfecting the sink
- correct answer C) Handwashing sinks must be dedicated for handwashing purposes only and should
remain clean
Which infectious disease requires frequent handwashing instead of using alcohol based gels?
- correct answer Active Clostridioides difficile infection C. diff
Per the CDC, which is the most important route by which pathogens are transmitted in health-care
setting including dialysis centers?
A) Contact transmission
, B) Airborne transmission
C) Fecal-oral transmission
D) Vector-borne (flies, mites, etc.) transmission
- correct answer A) Contact transmission
V-Tags cite deficiencies, provide interpretive guidance, and provide a condition that must be met for
each regulation. How can knowledge of V-tags affect the practice of patient care providers?
A) Provide patient care within CMS Conditions of Coverage
B) Understand rationales for specific regulations as outlined in the interpretive guidance
C) Assist in the development of policies and procedures
D) All the above
- correct answer D) All the above
If your facility dialyzes Hepatitis B positive patients, which assignment would NOT be an appropriate
patient care assignment?
A) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B immune patients at the same time
B) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B susceptible patients at the same time
C) Caring for Hepatitis B susceptible patients and those in the process of receiving the vaccination at the
same time
D) Caring for Hepatitis B immune and susceptible patients at the same time
- correct answer B) Caring for HBsAg positive and Hepatitis B susceptible patients at the same time
Per the CDC, which is the most common factor contributing to bacterial infections in dialysis patients?
A) Inappropriate skin preparation prior to vascular access needle insertion
B) The use of catheters for hemodialysis
C) Poor needle site rotation when cannulating an internal vascular access
D) Exposing needle insertion sites to unclean environmental areas, e.g. contaminated chair side tables
during dialysis
- correct answer B) The use of catheters for hemodialysis
