CDC Infection Preventionist training answers focus on standard precautions, surveillance, and outbreak management. Key areas include hand hygiene, proper PPE usage based on transmission methods (contact/droplet/airborne), environmental cleaning, and antibiotic stewardship, typically aiming to reduce HAI rates
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1. A nurse assistant is about to per-
form perineal care on an inconti-
nent resident who wears briefs. His
supplies have already been gath-
ered and placed on the clean bed-
side table. He enters the room, dons
non-sterile gloves, removes and dis-
cards 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 exists the room. How
many times should he have per-
formed hand hygiene in this sce-
nario? Please select the best answer.
3 x
2. A resident is diagnosed with latent
TB infection (LTBI). Is there risk that
the resident will transmit TB to oth-
ers in the facility? Please select the
best answer.
No, there is no risk of transmission at this time
3. After you have scored the infection
prevention and control (IPC) risk as-
sessment, which of the following ac-
tions would you take first to address
the findings? Please select the best
answer.
Identify high-scoring items for IPC program prioriti-
zation
4. As a result of lessons learned from
outbreaks of multidrug-resistant or-
A. Residents with difficulty containing secretions from
sites of MDRO colonization and potential for extensive
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ganisms (MDROs) in nursing homes,
which of the following situations
should warrant use of Contact Pre-
cautions and consideration of a sin-
gle-person room for MDRO-colo-
nized residents? Please select all that
apply.
environmental contamination
B. New residents on the unit are found to be colonized
with the MDRO (evidence of ongoing transmission)
despite efforts to control spread
5. At what stage of an investigation
would you notify local or state public
health officials that you have an out-
break? Please select the best answer
Once an outbreak has been determined to exist
6. Before performing wound care, if the
hands are not visibly soiled, which
method of hand hygiene by staff
members is preferred? Please select
the best answer.
Using an alcohol-based hand rub
7. During January, there were five
residents with central venous
catheters (CVCs) for a total of 100
catheter-days. There were 4,000 resi-
dent-days for the month. There were
two central line-associated blood
stream infections (CLABSIs) identi-
fied. What is the CLABSI rate for the
month? Please select the best an-
swer.
20 CLABSI per 1,000 catheter-days
8. During the previous influenza vac-
cine season, 120 residents received
the influenza vaccine. 80 residents
60%
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declined the vaccine. Which of the
following is the correct resident in-
fluenza vaccination acceptance rate?
Please select the best answer.
9. During which of the following situa-
tions should a gown be considered
in addition to gloves during care of
a resident with an indwelling urinary
catheter? Please select the best an-
swer.
all the above
10. For residents admitted to a nurs-
ing home on a course of antibiotics
started in a hospital, which pieces of
information would be important to
know? Please select the best answer.
all above
11. For which of the following organ-
isms and syndromes should you ap-
ply Contact Precautions? Please se-
lect all that apply.
Scabies, & c-diff
12. In residents with central venous
catheters (CVCs), which of the follow-
ing factors increase the likelihood of
developing a bloodstream infection?
Please select the best answer.
higher # of lumens
13. Missing or inadequate information
exchanged during care transitions
can result in which of the following.
Please select all that apply.
A)Unrecognized spread of resistant bacteria at ac-
cepting facility
C)Increased risk of antibiotic-related adverse events
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