Chapter 6: Infection Prevention and Control Review Quiz Complete the following 15 multiple choice questions.

1. Each year, approximately _________ patients develop a healthcare-associated infection.

2. Jewelry should NOT be worn in the Central Service department work areas because they

3. During handwashing, hands should be lathered and scrubbed for at least

4. To protect themselves from splashes and spills, Central Service technicians assigned to the decontamination area should wear

5. The main theory of standard precautions is ____

6. Which of the following is NOT a requirement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogen Standard?

7. The only way to interrupt the transmission of a causative agent is to

8. Departmental dress codes applies to

9. Inanimate objects that can transmit bacteria are called

10. Floors in the Central Service department should be

11. The absence of microorganisms that cause disease is called

12. Know what is dirty, know what is clean, know what is sterile; keeping the three conditions separate and remedying contamination immediately are known as

13. What color should biohazard labels/ signs be?

14. The decontamination area of the Central Service department should have

15. Which of these traffic control/dress code requirements applies to the clean assembly area of Central Service?