CIC Exam
Recipients of allogenic hematopoietic stem transplantation (HSCT) should be
placed in rooms with how many air exchanges per hour?
3
5
10
12 - ✓✓12. A greater number of air exchanges per hour prevent
opportunistic infections among stem cell transplant recipients
Because of the increased risk of infection with parenteral nutrition, the
maximum infusion time for a parenteral lipid bag to run is?
6 hours
12 hours
18 hours
24 hours - ✓✓Maximum 12 hours. Lipid emulsions pose greatest risk
of contamination w/ bacteria or fungi
The single most effective method of controlling hospital-acquired infections
(HAI) is:
Screening patients
Isolating infected patients
Handwashing
,Immunizing staff members - ✓✓Handwashing
If a breastfeeding mother develops mastitis, the most likely cause is:
Infant colonized with Staphylococcus aureus
Inadequate cleansing of breast
Maternal flora invading nipple
Contaminated breast pump - ✓✓Infant colonized with S. aureus. 50% of
neonates become colonized w/ S. aureus w/in a few days of birth, &
pass infection into breast
If hair removal is required for a surgical procedure, the BEST method is to:
Shave hair with razor immediately before the incision
Remove hair with a depilatory the night before surgery
Remove hair with clippers the night before surgery
Remove hair with clippers immediately before incision - ✓✓Remove hair
with clippers immediately before incision. Clippers cause the least
trauma, always immediately before surgery. Hair removal in general
may not reduce rate of SSIs and may increase risk of infection
IPC plan for an ambulatory surgery center should be evaluated (multiple
options possible):
I - annually
II - monthly
III - when risks change
IV - when staff members change - ✓✓I - annually and III - when risks
change
,How long after exposure to Hep A are IgM antibodies to HAV detectable in
the blood?
48 hrs
7 days
3 weeks
1-10 weeks - ✓✓3 weeks
For patients who require hemodialysis, which type of vascular access device
(VAD) poses the lowest risk of infection?
Arteriovenous graft
Subclavian catheter
Arteriovenous fistula
Right internal jugular catheter - ✓✓Arteriovenous fistula. Placed in the
arm rather the thigh. Patients w/ catheters have 7x the risk of
infection (subclavian catheters have high risk). Patients w/ chronic
kidney disease should have vascular access preserved and AV
fistulas created as soon as possible
Which items in medical facility require most frequent environmental
cleaning?:
Bedrails
Floors
Ventilation grilles
Window curtains - ✓✓Bedrails, because they are high touch. Others
only require frequent cleaning if visibly soiled
, Which preventive measures are recommended to prevent community-
acquired pneumonia?:
Pneumococcal vaccination
Herpes zoster vaccination
Influenza vaccination
Smoking cessation - ✓✓Pneumococcal vaccine, influenza vaccine,
smoking cessation
The best time to collect a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacilli is:
Early morning
Midday
Afternoon
Bedtime - ✓✓Early morning
A distribution curve that has a skew value of +3 will exhibit what shape? -
✓✓An enlarged tail to the right. This indicates there are more data
than expected on the right (or positive) end of the distribution
curve. Skew is positive when the mean is greater than the median,
negative when the mean is lesser than the median. Value of 0 =
normal bell curve with no skew. Negative value = skew to the left.
How long does a patient remain infectious after exposure to West Nile virus?
- ✓✓6-7 days before symptoms occur
With which teaching style (Grasha) does the IP focus on content rather than
relationships w/ learners?
Recipients of allogenic hematopoietic stem transplantation (HSCT) should be
placed in rooms with how many air exchanges per hour?
3
5
10
12 - ✓✓12. A greater number of air exchanges per hour prevent
opportunistic infections among stem cell transplant recipients
Because of the increased risk of infection with parenteral nutrition, the
maximum infusion time for a parenteral lipid bag to run is?
6 hours
12 hours
18 hours
24 hours - ✓✓Maximum 12 hours. Lipid emulsions pose greatest risk
of contamination w/ bacteria or fungi
The single most effective method of controlling hospital-acquired infections
(HAI) is:
Screening patients
Isolating infected patients
Handwashing
,Immunizing staff members - ✓✓Handwashing
If a breastfeeding mother develops mastitis, the most likely cause is:
Infant colonized with Staphylococcus aureus
Inadequate cleansing of breast
Maternal flora invading nipple
Contaminated breast pump - ✓✓Infant colonized with S. aureus. 50% of
neonates become colonized w/ S. aureus w/in a few days of birth, &
pass infection into breast
If hair removal is required for a surgical procedure, the BEST method is to:
Shave hair with razor immediately before the incision
Remove hair with a depilatory the night before surgery
Remove hair with clippers the night before surgery
Remove hair with clippers immediately before incision - ✓✓Remove hair
with clippers immediately before incision. Clippers cause the least
trauma, always immediately before surgery. Hair removal in general
may not reduce rate of SSIs and may increase risk of infection
IPC plan for an ambulatory surgery center should be evaluated (multiple
options possible):
I - annually
II - monthly
III - when risks change
IV - when staff members change - ✓✓I - annually and III - when risks
change
,How long after exposure to Hep A are IgM antibodies to HAV detectable in
the blood?
48 hrs
7 days
3 weeks
1-10 weeks - ✓✓3 weeks
For patients who require hemodialysis, which type of vascular access device
(VAD) poses the lowest risk of infection?
Arteriovenous graft
Subclavian catheter
Arteriovenous fistula
Right internal jugular catheter - ✓✓Arteriovenous fistula. Placed in the
arm rather the thigh. Patients w/ catheters have 7x the risk of
infection (subclavian catheters have high risk). Patients w/ chronic
kidney disease should have vascular access preserved and AV
fistulas created as soon as possible
Which items in medical facility require most frequent environmental
cleaning?:
Bedrails
Floors
Ventilation grilles
Window curtains - ✓✓Bedrails, because they are high touch. Others
only require frequent cleaning if visibly soiled
, Which preventive measures are recommended to prevent community-
acquired pneumonia?:
Pneumococcal vaccination
Herpes zoster vaccination
Influenza vaccination
Smoking cessation - ✓✓Pneumococcal vaccine, influenza vaccine,
smoking cessation
The best time to collect a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacilli is:
Early morning
Midday
Afternoon
Bedtime - ✓✓Early morning
A distribution curve that has a skew value of +3 will exhibit what shape? -
✓✓An enlarged tail to the right. This indicates there are more data
than expected on the right (or positive) end of the distribution
curve. Skew is positive when the mean is greater than the median,
negative when the mean is lesser than the median. Value of 0 =
normal bell curve with no skew. Negative value = skew to the left.
How long does a patient remain infectious after exposure to West Nile virus?
- ✓✓6-7 days before symptoms occur
With which teaching style (Grasha) does the IP focus on content rather than
relationships w/ learners?
