Chapter 10: Preventing and controlling infectious diseases

What is the term used to describe an infection present in the patient before he or she was admitted to the facility?

community acquired infection

Which of the following represent potentially blood-borne pathogens? (Select all that apply)

HIV and Hepatitis B

What is the term for bacteria that has become resistant to many different antibiotics?

MDROs

When a hospital patient is diagnosed with one of the diseases from the health department's communicable disease list, who is responsible for notifying the health department?

Infection prevention and control team

This component of a healthcare organization's infection surveillance program is responsible for documentation and tracking of follow-up procedures related to staff exposure to blood-borne pathogens:

Facility infection surveillance

Dr. Hansen saw a patient in his office with measles. He directed his office staff to call the local department of health to report this case of measles. The office manager called right away and completed the report as instructed. Did Dr. Hansen's office follow appropriate infectious disease reporting requirements?

Yes, Dr. Hansen's office followed protocol and reported this case of measles correctly.

Stacy is the nursing manager for the cardiology services at a local hospital. The hospital has recently emphasized a policy requiring all managers to track and report their employees' absences from work. Stacy feels that this requirement is time consuming and unnecessary. Why would the hospital require their managers to complete this process?

Reports of absences are tabulated and examined for a possible HAI connection.

Community Hospital is reviewing their job descriptions and notices that some their job descriptions for clinical positions include a reference to the potential risks of exposure to blood-borne pathogens and others do not. The human resource manager insists that all job descriptions include this language. Why is this important to include?

Community Hospital needs to define the level of risk for infection from blood borne pathogens for their employees.

If the patient presents to the hospital with symptoms of cough, fever, and chills and is later diagnosed with pneumonia the incidence of this infection would be described as a:

Community-acquired infection

Starting / Ending point

oval

Periods in the process where actions are being performed by participants

rectangle

Points in the process where participants must evaluate the status of a process and make a decision

diamond

A point in the flow chart where the analysis skips to another part of the process

circle

the governing board has to elect an IPC. T or F?

True

how often do IPC committees meet?

monthly

what is done in an ipc meeting?

risk evaluation of diseases, establishment of priorities, strategies for management of risk is developed

data reporting for IPCs includes what

HAIs

community acquired infections

antibiotic usage

culture reports

immunization data

employee illness

bloodborne pathogen exposures

staff and patient ipc education

WHat are the goals of an IPC plan?

limit unprotected exposure to pathogens

limit transmission of infections associated with procedures

limit transmission of infections associated with medical equipment use

comply with hand hygiene requirements

What should an IPC plan address?

HIV, major communicable diseases, TB, MDROs, community acquired pneumonia, hep b and c

what should the IPC plan be established on?

evidence-based national guidelines

expert consensus

What are the 3 steps in Infection control

Control infection thru the use of standard precautions

Conduct ongoing infection surveillance and epidemiologic investigations

Conduct educational and screening programs