NPS Infection Prevention and Control

Question 1

What is the most common route of transmission for healthcare-associated infections in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)?

Accepted Answer

Contact transmission via contaminated healthcare worker hands

Answer

Airborne transmission via respiratory particles

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Droplet transmission from coughing staff

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Vector-borne transmission via insects

Question 2

Which hand hygiene method is most effective for removing Clostridioides difficile spores from healthcare workers' hands?

Accepted Answer

Soap and water with vigorous mechanical friction

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Alcohol-based hand rub for 20 seconds

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Chlorhexidine gluconate scrub for 30 seconds

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Quaternary ammonium compound wipe

Question 3

Late-onset sepsis in premature neonates is most commonly caused by which organism?

Accepted Answer

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS)

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Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Haemophilus influenzae

Question 4

When caring for a neonate colonized with MRSA, which personal protective equipment (PPE) is required for contact precautions?

Accepted Answer

Gown and gloves

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N95 respirator and gloves only

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Full face shield, gown, and gloves

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Gloves only

Question 5

A neonate is confirmed to have RSV bronchiolitis. What isolation precautions should be implemented?

Accepted Answer

Contact and droplet precautions combined

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Airborne precautions with N95 respirator

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Droplet precautions only

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Contact precautions only

Question 6

Which pathogen is most commonly identified in NICU central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)?

Accepted Answer

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

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Escherichia coli

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Candida albicans

Question 7

According to the WHO 'Five Moments for Hand Hygiene,' at which moments must hand hygiene be performed?

Accepted Answer

Before patient contact, before aseptic procedures, after body fluid exposure, after patient contact, and after contact with patient surroundings

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Before and after patient contact only

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Before aseptic procedures and after body fluid exposure only

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At the start and end of each shift only