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Asepsis Quiz 1

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  1. 1The client is a chronic carrier of infection. To prevent the spread of the infection to other clients or health care providers, the nurse emphasizes interventions that do which of the following?
    1. AEliminate the reservoir
    2. BBlock the portal of exit from the reservoir
    3. CBlock the portal of entry into the host
    4. DDecrease the susceptibility of the host
  2. 2The most effective nursing action for controlling the spread of infection includes which of the following?
    1. AThorough hand cleansing
    2. BWearing gloves & masks when providing direct client care
    3. CImplementing appropriate isolation precautions
    4. DAdministering broad-spectrum prophylactic antibiotics
  3. 3When caring for a single client during one shift, it is appropriate for the nurse to reuse which of the following personal protective equipment?
    1. Agoggles
    2. Bgown
    3. Csurgical mask
    4. Dclean gloves
  4. 4After evaluating the client’s chart, the nurse concludes a 65-year-old client’s immunizations are current. What evidence supports this conclusion? ***SATA***
    1. Alast tetanus booster was at age 50
    2. Breceives a flu shot every year
    3. Chas not received the hepatitis B vaccine
    4. Dhas not received the hepatitis A vaccine
  5. 5The nurse determines that a field remains sterile if which of the following conditions exist?
    1. ATips of wet forceps are held upward when held in ungloved hands
    2. BThe field was set up 1 hour before the procedure.
    3. CSterile items are kept at least 2 inches from the edge of the field.
    4. DThe nurse reaches over the field rather than around the edges.
  6. 6Which statement does not represent surgical asepsis?
    1. Apractices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms
    2. Bpractices that destroy all microorganisms & spores
    3. Cincludes all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area
    4. Dused for all procedures involving sterile areas of the body
  7. 7What lab data would indicate an infection? ***SATA***
    1. Aelevated WBC
    2. Belevated ESR
    3. Ccultures of urine, blood, sputum, or other drainage
    4. Dincreased creatinine

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