age 1 of 39
INFECTION PREVENTIONIST TEST STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
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Which of the following statements about infection surveillance in
nursing homes are true? Please select all that apply.
.......Answer.........A facility's surveillance priorities should be
based on the results of the annual facility infection prevention
and control (IPC) risk assessment and the plan should define
methods for surveillance and how data collection will occur.
Targeted surveillance is an approach that focuses surveillance
activities on high-risk or high-consequence infections based on
their preventability and impact on resident population.
Therefore the surveillance plan should prioritize high-risk, not
low-risk, units. Comprehensive surveillance involves tracking
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every infection event that occurs in a facility and could be quite
resource intensive in a large facility. It is most effective in smaller
facilities and those with a homogenous resident population.
(Module 4)
Which of the following suggest a possible waterborne outbreak
in a nursing home? Please select the best answer.
.......Answer.........Rationale:
A single case of Legionnaires' disease should prompt
investigation into a water-related outbreak in a nursing home.
While the other options are examples of outbreaks, the listed
pathogens (norovirus, scabies, invasive Group A streptococcus)
are not associated with exposure to water. (Module 5 & 11c)
Why should infection prevention and control (IPC) activities be
addressed within the Quality Assurance and Performance
,age 3 of 39
Improvement program? Please select the best answer.
.......Answer.........IPC activities should be addressed within the
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program to
address a high-risk and potentially preventable cause of harm.
(Module 3)
You review antibiotic use for pneumonia and find the average
duration of antibiotics is 10 days with a range from 5-14 days
depending on the provider. Which antibiotic use measure could
be most useful to track in order to evaluate the impact of a new
facility treatment guideline that specified 5 days of antibiotics
should be used for treatment of bacterial pneumonia? Please
select the best answer. .......Answer.........Rationale:
Since the intervention is designed to reduce the number of days
that a resident receives antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, the
rate of antibiotic days of therapy per 1,000 resident days is
, age 4 of 39
most likely to change if the intervention is effective. Because this
effort is not trying to reduce antibiotic starts for bacterial
pneumonia, neither the rate of antibiotic starts nor the
proportion of antibiotics given for pneumonia may change as a
result of the intervention. Although the rate of antibiotic use by
class might change if one antibiotic class is most commonly used
to treat bacterial pneumonia, this measure wouldn't be the best
choice for evaluating the new guideline. (Module 14)
A nurse assistant is about to perform perineal care on an
incontinent resident who wears briefs. His supplies have already
been gathered and placed on the clean bedside table. He
enters the room, dons non-sterile gloves, removes and discards
the resident's soiled brief and cleans the resident's perineum. He
removes his soiled gloves and dons a new pair of non-sterile
gloves. He applies a clean brief. He discards his gloves and
INFECTION PREVENTIONIST TEST STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <BRAND NEW VERSION>
Which of the following statements about infection surveillance in
nursing homes are true? Please select all that apply.
.......Answer.........A facility's surveillance priorities should be
based on the results of the annual facility infection prevention
and control (IPC) risk assessment and the plan should define
methods for surveillance and how data collection will occur.
Targeted surveillance is an approach that focuses surveillance
activities on high-risk or high-consequence infections based on
their preventability and impact on resident population.
Therefore the surveillance plan should prioritize high-risk, not
low-risk, units. Comprehensive surveillance involves tracking
,age 2 of 39
every infection event that occurs in a facility and could be quite
resource intensive in a large facility. It is most effective in smaller
facilities and those with a homogenous resident population.
(Module 4)
Which of the following suggest a possible waterborne outbreak
in a nursing home? Please select the best answer.
.......Answer.........Rationale:
A single case of Legionnaires' disease should prompt
investigation into a water-related outbreak in a nursing home.
While the other options are examples of outbreaks, the listed
pathogens (norovirus, scabies, invasive Group A streptococcus)
are not associated with exposure to water. (Module 5 & 11c)
Why should infection prevention and control (IPC) activities be
addressed within the Quality Assurance and Performance
,age 3 of 39
Improvement program? Please select the best answer.
.......Answer.........IPC activities should be addressed within the
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program to
address a high-risk and potentially preventable cause of harm.
(Module 3)
You review antibiotic use for pneumonia and find the average
duration of antibiotics is 10 days with a range from 5-14 days
depending on the provider. Which antibiotic use measure could
be most useful to track in order to evaluate the impact of a new
facility treatment guideline that specified 5 days of antibiotics
should be used for treatment of bacterial pneumonia? Please
select the best answer. .......Answer.........Rationale:
Since the intervention is designed to reduce the number of days
that a resident receives antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, the
rate of antibiotic days of therapy per 1,000 resident days is
, age 4 of 39
most likely to change if the intervention is effective. Because this
effort is not trying to reduce antibiotic starts for bacterial
pneumonia, neither the rate of antibiotic starts nor the
proportion of antibiotics given for pneumonia may change as a
result of the intervention. Although the rate of antibiotic use by
class might change if one antibiotic class is most commonly used
to treat bacterial pneumonia, this measure wouldn't be the best
choice for evaluating the new guideline. (Module 14)
A nurse assistant is about to perform perineal care on an
incontinent resident who wears briefs. His supplies have already
been gathered and placed on the clean bedside table. He
enters the room, dons non-sterile gloves, removes and discards
the resident's soiled brief and cleans the resident's perineum. He
removes his soiled gloves and dons a new pair of non-sterile
gloves. He applies a clean brief. He discards his gloves and
