IPAC Test with Correct Answers

Hand hygiene - before and after patient care After removing gloves Before any aseptic procedure Administrative controls - what your employer does Risk assessment - first thing you do before entering a patient’s room Best practice - process outlined by an organization to keep us safe World health organization (who) - united nations Ministry of health and long term care - funding Provincial infectious disease advisory committee - sars Center for disease control - threats Regional infection control networks - 14 Public Health Ontario - crown Host - organism able to support growth of another Colonization - organism not expected but may not cause infection or disease Commensalism - lives on host without harm or benefit to host Abhr (alcohol based hand wipes) - wait until dry (don't wipe off) 70% - 90% alcohol Steps of hand washing - turn on taps Wet hands Apply soap/ and lather (min 15 seconds) Rinse from wrist to finger tips Dry with paper towel Turn off tap with paper towel PPE (personal protective equipment) - what you wear Engineering controls - what you use (plexiglass barrier)