DHA Nursing Infection Prevention and Control 2

Question 1

What is the DHA requirement for healthcare worker vaccination?

Accepted Answer

Mandatory vaccinations including Hepatitis B, influenza, and other role-specific immunizations as per DHA occupational health policy

Answer

DHA requires healthcare workers to maintain current vaccinations including Hepatitis B (with confirmed immunity), annual influenza vaccination, and other immunizations based on role and patient population exposure.

Question 2

How should DHA nurses handle contaminated linen?

Accepted Answer

Place in designated color-coded bags at the point of use, minimize handling, and do not sort or rinse at the bedside

Answer

DHA protocols require contaminated linen to be placed in appropriate color-coded bags at the point of use, handled minimally to reduce contamination spread, and never sorted or rinsed at the bedside.

Question 3

What is the DHA protocol for environmental cleaning of isolation rooms?

Accepted Answer

Enhanced cleaning with approved disinfectants, dedicated equipment, cleaning from clean to dirty areas, and terminal cleaning upon discharge

Answer

DHA requires enhanced environmental cleaning for isolation rooms using approved hospital-grade disinfectants, dedicated cleaning equipment, systematic clean-to-dirty progression, and thorough terminal cleaning at discharge.

Question 4

What surveillance activities must DHA nurses participate in for infection prevention?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring and reporting healthcare-associated infections, surgical site infections, device-related infections, and antimicrobial usage

Answer

DHA requires active surveillance participation including monitoring HAIs (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, SSI), reporting notifiable diseases, tracking antimicrobial usage, and participating in outbreak investigations.

Question 5

What is the DHA standard for personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing sequence?

Accepted Answer

Don: gown, mask/respirator, goggles, gloves; Doff: gloves, goggles, gown, mask/respirator with hand hygiene between steps

Answer

DHA follows WHO/CDC PPE sequence: donning progresses from gown to mask to eye protection to gloves, while doffing removes the most contaminated items first (gloves) with hand hygiene between each step.

DHA Nursing Practice Test

DHA Nursing Practice Test

DHA Nursing Infection Prevention and Control 2