Exam 7: Asepsis and Infection Control

A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a patient with suspected tuberculosis.What assessment findings by the nurse are consistent with tuberculosis?

What technique should the nurse use when disposing of linens contaminated with feces?

The infection control officer is observing hospital staff for appropriate use of aseptic technique.What observation demonstrates the need for more instruction on surgical asepsis?

What type of organism causes malaria?

A person can spread a bacterial infection by which actions? (Select all that apply. )

What assessment does the nurse recognize as an inflammatory response in a surgical wound on the leg of a patient?

The infection control health care provider plans an in-service on control of health care-associated infections.What should be the focus of this program?

What bacterium is responsible for more diseases than any other organism?

The nurse is instructing a bioterrorism class regarding anthrax.How can anthrax be transmitted?

A health care worker is stuck by a needle left on the patient's bedside table.The staff member appropriately reports the needlestick.What will the indicated treatment be combatting?

Recognizing the stages of an infection assists the nurse in identifying the progression of an infection.What is the nonspecific to specific symptom stage of an infection?

What can result from the nurse consistently performing hand hygiene and using sterile supplies when caring for patients in the hospital setting?

What should the nurse be diligent in to provide a safe environment for the patient?

What is a method used to kill all microorganisms,including spores?

What bacteria can lie dormant when conditions for growth are not favorable?

The nurse accidently spills blood from a specimen container.The first action the nurse takes is to don gloves.What should the nurse then spray the fluid with?

The nurse is concerned when a patient admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia suddenly develops a urinary tract infection (UTI).What type of infection is this UTI considered?

The nurse is transporting a patient in respiratory isolation to the radiology department.What intervention should the nurse implement?

A patient is distressed that an antibiotic has not been effective for the control of the infection.The nurse explains that some bacteria are capable of defending against antibiotics by the formation of a _______.

What are some characteristics of microorganisms? (Select all that apply. )