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CBIC CIC VIP Certification Exam
CBIC — The CIC (Certification in Infection Control) exam is administered by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC); it consists of 150 questions (with unscored pretest items) completed in 3.5 hours, scored on a 200–800 scale with a passing score of 500, covering five content domains: Identification of Infectious Disease Processes, Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation, Prevention and Control of Infectious/Communicable Diseases, Employee/Occupational Health, and Management and Communication.
30
Questions
210m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
An infection preventionist (IP) is reviewing surveillance data for a 250-bed community hospital. Over the past 30 days, the CLABSI rate in the medical ICU has risen from a baseline of 1.2 per 1,000 central line-days to 4.8 per 1,000 central line-days. The IP identifies that a new brand of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) dressing was introduced six weeks ago. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate initial action?
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