Annual Competency Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
List three blood borne pathogens -
correct answer ✅HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
What is hepatitis? -
correct answer ✅Inflammation of the liver
How is hep a transmitted? -
correct answer ✅Contaminated food and oral-fecal route
How is hep B and C transmitted? -
correct answer ✅Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected
person
How long can hep b live on surfaces for? -
correct answer ✅Seven days
When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT -
correct answer ✅Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the
same shift at the same time
,Annual Competency Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? -
correct answer ✅Not as contagious as hep B
What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? -
correct answer ✅HbsAg
Indicates viral presence
Tests for the antigen
What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? -
correct answer ✅HbsAb
Indicates presence of immunity
What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? -
correct answer ✅Recombivax
Engerix
S/S of TB -
correct answer ✅Night sweats
Productive, persistent cought
Unexplained weight loss
, Annual Competency Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Chills
Fever
Blood tinged sputum
How is TB spread? -
correct answer ✅Droplet
What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they
spread? -
correct answer ✅MRSA
VRE
Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers
What assures that MRSA patients are no longer actively infected? -
correct answer ✅Three consecutive cultures come back negative
Precautions to take when caring for MRSA/VRE? -
correct answer ✅Contact
& Answers (Grade A+)
List three blood borne pathogens -
correct answer ✅HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
What is hepatitis? -
correct answer ✅Inflammation of the liver
How is hep a transmitted? -
correct answer ✅Contaminated food and oral-fecal route
How is hep B and C transmitted? -
correct answer ✅Exposure to blood and body fluids of an infected
person
How long can hep b live on surfaces for? -
correct answer ✅Seven days
When caring for HBV patients staff should NOT -
correct answer ✅Take care of hepatitis susceptible patients on the
same shift at the same time
,Annual Competency Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Why do we dialyze hep c in the clinical area and not in isolation? -
correct answer ✅Not as contagious as hep B
What blood test indicates infection with Hep B? -
correct answer ✅HbsAg
Indicates viral presence
Tests for the antigen
What blood test indicates immunity against hep b? -
correct answer ✅HbsAb
Indicates presence of immunity
What vaccine provides long term immunity to hep b? -
correct answer ✅Recombivax
Engerix
S/S of TB -
correct answer ✅Night sweats
Productive, persistent cought
Unexplained weight loss
, Annual Competency Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Chills
Fever
Blood tinged sputum
How is TB spread? -
correct answer ✅Droplet
What can live outside of the body for seven days? How are they
spread? -
correct answer ✅MRSA
VRE
Spread through contaminated hands of health care workers
What assures that MRSA patients are no longer actively infected? -
correct answer ✅Three consecutive cultures come back negative
Precautions to take when caring for MRSA/VRE? -
correct answer ✅Contact
