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IPAC PART 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100%VERIFIED ANSWERS SCORED A+
What is the IPAC Canada Definition for IPC? Answer - The discipline concerned
with preventing health care associated infections
What is the WHO definition for IPAC ? Answer - Practical evidence based
approach to prevent patients and healthcare workers from being harmed by
unavoidable infections
What are the three principle goals of IPC? Answer - 1: protect the patient
2: protect the healthcare provider, visitor and others in the healthcare
environment
3: accomplish previous two goals in a cost effective manner
What are the four basic elements of an IPAC program? Answer - 1. Obtain and
manage critical information, data and surveillance for infections
2. Develop and recommend policies and procedures
3. Intervene directly to prevent infections and interrupt the transmission of
infectious diseases
4. Educate and train HCP, patients, and non medical caregivers
What are the three components of the AHS IPC? Answer - 1. Standards and
surveillance
2. IPC
3. Hand hygiene
, What is a community acquired infection? Answer - Infection acquired before a
patient was admitted to hospital or other health care facility
What is a healthcare associated infection? Answer - Infection acquired during
the process of care in a healthcare facility which was not present or incubating
at the time of admission
Infection occurring in a patient that can be attributed to a specific healthcare
facility
What are symptoms of HAIs? Answer - Unusual discharge, fever, chills and
sweats, redness and swelling, diarrhea, pain
How much more do patients with infections cost than patients without
infections? Answer - 3X more monies!!!
What is the definition of surveillance? Answer - The ongoing, systematic
collection, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of health data closely
integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those who need it
What are the critical elements and methods of surveillance for HAIs? Answer -
Surveillance planning —> data collection —> Analysis —> interpretation —>
communication —> evaluation
What is the purpose of surveillance planning? Answer - 1. Assess the
population to be surveyed
2. Select the outcomes for surveillance
3. Use established case definitions for infeciton
What is the order for chain of transmission? Answer - 1. Infectious agent
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