Infection Prevention and Control Flashcards
7 cards from real RPN practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 7 Infection Prevention and Control flashcards as text
A nurse prepares to perform a urinary catheter insertion. Which action is essential to prevent CAUTI?
Answer: Maintain a closed drainage system and keep the bag below bladder level
A closed drainage system prevents retrograde bacterial entry, and keeping the bag below the bladder prevents reflux of contaminated urine.
Which organism is the most common cause of healthcare-associated pneumonia?
Answer: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common and difficult-to-treat causes of healthcare-associated and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
A nurse is assigned to a patient in protective (reverse) isolation. What is the primary purpose of this precaution?
Answer: To protect a severely immunocompromised patient from external pathogens
Reverse isolation protects immunocompromised patients (e.g., those post-bone marrow transplant) from pathogens carried by visitors, staff, or the environment.
When should the nurse perform hand hygiene according to WHO's Five Moments for Hand Hygiene?
Answer: Before patient contact, before an aseptic task, after body fluid exposure, after patient contact, and after contact with the patient's surroundings
WHO's Five Moments define all critical points during patient care where hand hygiene must occur to break the chain of infection.
A nurse uses a reusable blood pressure cuff on a patient with VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus). What is required?
Answer: Dedicate the cuff to that patient only and disinfect before reassignment
Equipment used on a patient with VRE should be dedicated to that patient and properly disinfected before use on another patient to prevent cross-transmission.
A patient asks why the nurse washes hands before and after wearing gloves. The best explanation is:
Answer: Gloves may have microperforations and hands can be contaminated during removal
Gloves can have invisible microperforations and hands become contaminated during doffing, so hand hygiene before and after glove use remains essential.
Which statement about surgical asepsis is correct?
Answer: It requires the complete elimination of all microorganisms including spores
Surgical asepsis (sterile technique) requires the complete absence of all microorganisms and spores, unlike medical asepsis which only reduces pathogen numbers.
How this page was made: written with AI tools and published by Nathan Beja, founder of Practice Test Geeks, who is responsible for its content. Exam facts are checked against the official sources listed below. Not reviewed by a subject-matter expert. Editorial policy
Sources & references
Exam facts on this page (fees, format, dates, passing scores) are checked against these official sources; the date is our last check. Editorial policy