Инфекционный контроль и безопасность пациента: лист заданий с ответами

A nurse sees water spilled on the floor in a patient’s room. What should be done?

1. AClean it up promptly and use a wet-floor warning sign until it is dry
2. BCover it with a towel and leave it there until the floor is cleaned later
3. CWarn only the patient in that room
4. DLeave it for the next cleaning round

Which is one of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals for hospitals?

1. AImprove the accuracy of patient identification
2. BShorten visiting hours on every ward
3. CReduce the cost of hospital meals and supplies
4. DIncrease the number of daily blood tests

Which item belongs in a sharps container?

1. AAn empty IV bag with the tubing removed
2. BA soiled gauze dressing
3. CA used scalpel blade
4. DA pair of used gloves

Почему для некоторых препаратов, например инфузий инсулина и гепарина, используют независимую двойную проверку?

1. AВторой человек, проверяющий отдельно, выявляет пропущенные ошибки
2. BПотому что эти препараты очень дорогие и их жалко тратить впустую
3. CЧтобы разделить ответственность между двумя медсёстрами, если произойдёт ошибка
4. DЧтобы ускорить процесс приготовления

When is a prophylactic antibiotic usually given to prevent a surgical site infection?

1. AThe day after surgery, once the wound is closed
2. BWithin about 60 minutes before the incision
3. COnly if a fever develops after surgery
4. DOne week before surgery

When is it appropriate to use the override function on an automated dispensing cabinet to take a drug before pharmacist review?

1. AAt the start of each shift to save time later
2. BOnly in an urgent situation where delay would harm the patient, per policy
3. CWhenever the nurse is sure of the dose
4. DWhenever the pharmacist is slow to review new orders and the patient is waiting

A patient restrained because of violent behavior is now calm, oriented and following instructions. What should the nurse do?

1. ARemove the restraints, because the reason for them has ended
2. BKeep the restraints until the next provider visit
3. CKeep the restraints until the order expires
4. DRemove one restraint each day to test the patient’s behavior

A patient after heart surgery has temporary epicardial pacing wires. Why do staff take special care with electrical safety?

1. AElectrical safety only matters for patients who have permanent implanted pacemakers
2. BSmall currents can travel along the wires straight to the heart and cause arrhythmias
3. CThe wires make the patient immune to electric shock
4. DPacing wires can only carry current coming from the pacemaker box itself