Chapter 7: Asepsis and Infection Control | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest
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The nurse suspects that a patient has an infection. What lab value would the nurse assess to help
confirm the suspicion. - WBC or white blood cell count is the laboratory value that indicates that there is
some type of infection going on.
Perform proper hand hygiene before and after caring for a patient. - Health care providers today need to
be aware that health care-associated infections are a serious problem. What is the most effective way to
prevent health care-associated infections?
"Lipping" of the bottle with its solution. - During surgery, the physician requests more sterile water.
What action must the nurse perform before pouring the solution into the sterile container?
Standard and Contact Precautions - The nurse is caring for a patient with a wound infection of the lower
extremity. Which types of precaution would the nurse use when taking care of this patient?
Risk for social isolation. - A patient in contact isolation has a minimal amount of visitors, and the health
care staff enters only when patient care is being performed. Based on this information, which nursing
diagnosis is most appropriate for this patient?
Away from the nurse. - A circulating nurse opens sterile packages while in the operating room. What is
the most appropriate way to create a sterile field when opening the sterile package's top triangle?
A health care worker's hands, hospital equipment, or instruments. - There are many methods of
transmission of infection. Which is the best example of a vehicle of transmission?
Health care-associated - Your patient was admitted to the hospital 3 days ago with cardiac problems and
now has bacterial pneumonia. This is an example of what type of infection?
N-95 respirator - Today the nurse is assigned to care for a patient who has tuberculosis. What
equipment should the nurse routinely use when caring for this patient?
, Antiseptic - A substance that tends to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microorganisms and may
be used on humans
Asepsis - The absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Vector - A person or animal that does not become ill but harbors and spreads an organism, causing
disease in others
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Provides facilities and services for investigation,
prevention, and control of diseases
Contamination - A condition of being soiled, stained, touched by, or otherwise exposed to harmful
agents, which makes an object potentially unsafe for use.
disinfection - The use of a chemical that can be applied to objects to destroy microorganisms.
Endogenous - Growing within the body; example: microorganisms in fecal material that are transferred
to to skin by hands and infect a wound
Exogenous - Growing outside the body; example: infection transmitted to the patient by a health care
worker
Fomite - When the vehicle is an inanimate (non-living) object
Health care-associated infection - Infections that were previously referred to as nosocomial infections.
The infection must develop at least 48 hours after hospitalization or contact with another type of health
care facility.
Host - An organism in which another organism is nourished and harbored
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