QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
If contracted laundry services are provided off site: - Correct answers✔The use of commercial
laundry services is required by the contractor based on Department of Health.
For residents with dementia, optimal food choices are best achieved by: - Correct answers✔Good
screening, proper nutrition and hydration, and pleasant meal times.
Information should be added to an ICP: - Correct answers✔At a minimum when the resident has
a significant change of condition.
A resident has the right to participate in social, religious, and community activities provided
these do not: - Correct answers✔Conflict with orders of the physician
One of the fundamental element of demenia Care is: - Correct answers✔Creating a specialized,
secure, and quiet location for patients with dementia.
Mrs. J suffers from dementia. No matter how many times staff explain something to her she
doesn't seem to be able to accomplish the task. Which of the following is the best solution? -
Correct answers✔Task Breakdown
The best way for the administrator to get feedback regarding dining services is through: - Correct
answers✔Resident council
A major consideration in creating a comprehensive activities program is that the activities
director understands the - Correct answers✔Nature and extent of care recipients' disabilities
,Criteria for move out in an RC/AL community should be disclosed - Correct answers✔As part of
move-in
The primary function of an initial care recipient assessment is to determine - Correct
answers✔Overall functional status
ECP - Correct answers✔exposure control plan
BBPs - Correct answers✔Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
OPIMs - Correct answers✔any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood, vaginal secretions,
semen... EXCLUDES TEARS AND SWEAT
BBPs are: - Correct answers✔Infectious microorganisms present in blood that can cause disease
in humans. (HBV, HCV, HIV)
HBV - Correct answers✔hepatitis B virus
HCV - Correct answers✔hepatitis C virus
HIV - Correct answers✔human immunodeficiency virus
Exposure Control Plan (ECP) - Correct answers✔A written game plan this is designed to
eliminate or minimize occupational exposure.
,Universal Precautions (UP) or Standard Precautions (SP) - Correct answers✔A set of guidelines
published by OSHA that require the employer and the employee to assume that all human blood
and body fluids are infectious for bloodborne pathogens.
work practice controls - Correct answers✔controls that reduce or eliminate the likelihood of
exposure to potentially infectious material by altering the manner in which a task is performed
Needle Stick Safety and Prevention Act - Correct answers✔identify and use effective and safer
medical devices, incorporate changes in annual update of exposure control plan, solicit input
from nonmanagerial employees who are responsible for direct patient care, maintain a sharps
injury log
Personal Protective Equipment - Correct answers✔Protective equipment that blocks exposure to
a pathogen or a hazardous material.
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) - Correct answers✔An OSHA standard intended to
increase health care practitioners' awareness of risks, to improve work practices and appropriate
use of personal protective equipment, and to reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
Labels and contaminated equipment bags
post exposure evaluation - Correct answers✔a set of procedures required by OSHA as a followup
to exposure incidents. At no cost to the employee.
Safe work practices - Correct answers✔Includes the maintenance of Sanitation and
decontamination standards and the application of safety precautions in the workplace
environment
You've just taking on a new role at your organization that includes occupational health and safety
and the management of BBPs and OPIMs. Your employer asks you when your organization's
, ECP should be updated. Identify the most accurate response. - Correct answers✔At least every
12 months or after a revision to positions descriptions involving BBPs.
HIV infected individuals may experience flu-like symptoms while some remain asymptotic.
Those who develop symptoms do so: - Correct answers✔2 to 4 weeks after exposure
Identify the most appropriate location for disposal of contaminated sharps: - Correct
answers✔Only a hard cased repositories marked as a biohazard.
When cleaning up a work area you feel a sharp burning sensation in your hand and find that you
have been lacerated by a contaminated sharp. What should you do? - Correct answers✔Wash the
laceration with soap and water and report the incident as an exposure immediately.
What is the incidence rate of HIV in the US? - Correct answers✔50,000
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) - Correct answers✔Provides communication to workers
regarding chemicals used in the office
Class A fire - Correct answers✔Common Combustibles such as paper, wood, furniture, clothing -
Water, Foam
Class B Fire - Correct answers✔Burnable fuels such as gasoline, oil, or alcohol - Inert Gas, CO2
Class C Fire - Correct answers✔Electrical fires such as computers and electronics - Inert Gas,
CO2 - Turn off electricity first