Infection control & patient safety worksheet with answers

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

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

Under event-related sterility, how long is a sterile package considered sterile?

1. AFor exactly seven days after it was packed
2. BForever, even if the outer wrapper gets wet
3. CUntil the end of the shift on which it was opened
4. DUntil it is opened, torn, wet or otherwise damaged

How should a nurse dispose of a used glass ampoule after drawing up a drug?

1. AIn a sharps container
2. BIn the glass recycling bin
3. CIn a clinical waste bag
4. DIn the general waste bin, wrapped in paper

Why is “QD” (once daily) on The Joint Commission’s “Do Not Use” list?

1. AIt can be misread as QID or QOD, so the drug is given too often or too rarely
2. BIt is only allowed for intravenous medicines
3. CIt means “every day at bedtime” in some hospitals
4. DIt is a Latin abbreviation, and only plain English abbreviations may be used

Which nurse should not be assigned to a patient with a sealed radioactive implant?

1. AA nurse wearing a dosimeter badge
2. BA nurse who has worked on the unit for two years
3. CA nurse who is pregnant
4. DA nurse trained in radiation safety

Which patient has the highest risk of a burn from a heating pad?

1. AA healthy young adult with a strained muscle
2. BA patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
3. CA patient recovering from a cold
4. DA patient with a sprained wrist who is fully alert

A competent adult patient with pneumonia wants to leave the hospital against medical advice. What should the nurse do?

1. AApply wrist restraints until the provider arrives to speak with the patient
2. BExplain the risks, notify the provider and follow the policy for leaving against advice
3. CHide the patient’s clothes and belongings so that they cannot leave the ward
4. DLock the doors so the patient cannot leave

In US nursing practice, which task should the RN not assign to an LPN/LVN?

1. AThe initial admission assessment of a new patient with suspected sepsis
2. BReinforcing hand hygiene teaching that the RN has already given
3. CA dressing change on a healing surgical wound that has no signs of infection
4. DGiving scheduled oral antibiotics to a stable patient