CEUFast

CEUFast - Test Results_ Domestic Violence, Sexual
Violence, Intimate Partner Violence

All body fluids except sweat should be considered potentially infectious - ANSWER
True

Needlestick injuries are very common - ANSWER True

Transmission of a bloodborne pathogen after an occupational exposure is very
common - ANSWER false

Exposure to a bloodborne pathogen is defined in part as? - ANSWER Contact of a
mucous membrane/non-intact skin with a potentially infectious body fluid or secretion

The risk of developing an HBV infection after an occupational exposure - ANSWER
Is relatively common

The risk of developing an HCV infection after an occupational exposure - ANSWER
Is very uncommon

The risk of developing an HIV infection after an occupational exposure - ANSWER
Is rare

The risk of transmission of a bloodborne pathogen depends in part on - ANSWER
The viral load of the patient and the type of injury/exposure

Employers must offer HBV vaccination to their employees - ANSWER true

Standard precautions include - ANSWER Hand hygiene, PPE safe injection
practices, and respiratory hygiene/cough etiqutte

Alcohol based hand sanitizers are less effective than soap and water - ANSWER
False

soap and water should be used for handwashing - ANSWER when the hands are
visibly soiled

Hand hygiene should be done - ANSWER before and after providing patient care

The choice of which PPE to use is based on - ANSWER The risk of exposure the
specific care situation

PPE should be donned and removed in a specific sequence - ANSWER True

Handwashing is the most effective way of preventing the transmission of pathogens -
ANSWER True