Infection control & patient safety worksheet with answers

What is a safety huddle?

1. AA formal disciplinary meeting held after a staff member makes an error
2. BA short team meeting to share current risks and the plan for the shift
3. CA long monthly meeting about staff holidays
4. DA meeting between the patient and their lawyer

Which factor is one of the strongest predictors that a patient will fall?

1. AHaving a private room
2. BWearing glasses for reading
3. CA previous fall
4. DBeing female

Which of these counts as a physical restraint?

1. AUsing a bed exit alarm for a patient at high risk of falling at night
2. BRaising all four side rails to stop a patient from getting out of bed
3. CPlacing the bed in its lowest position
4. DUsing a gait belt while helping a patient walk in the corridor

Why does a nurse wear chemotherapy-tested gloves and a gown when emptying the urinal of a patient who recently had chemotherapy?

1. AThe patient is on airborne precautions after treatment
2. BChemotherapy makes the urine strongly acidic and corrosive
3. CThe body fluids can contain active drug for a time after treatment
4. DThe urine always contains infectious bacteria after chemotherapy

Which assessment is most important while a patient is in wrist restraints?

1. AThe patient’s food and drink preferences for the day
2. BThe patient’s height and weight
3. CThe patient’s hearing in both ears with a watch test
4. DCirculation, sensation and skin beyond the restraint

Which practice makes shift handoff safer?

1. AGiving handoff in a busy corridor so that the outgoing nurse can leave on time
2. BUsing a standard format such as SBAR or I-PASS, with time for questions
3. CLeaving written notes only, without a chance for questions
4. DGiving handoff from memory without any structure

Which action by assistive personnel requires the nurse to step in?

1. APutting soiled linen straight into a laundry bag at the bedside
2. BWashing hands with soap and water after leaving a C. difficile room
3. CGoing from one patient’s bed to the next while wearing the same gloves
4. DRemoving gloves and then cleaning the hands with alcohol rub

A patient with fever and a spreading rash is suspected of having smallpox. Which precautions are needed?

1. ADroplet precautions with a surgical mask
2. BAirborne and contact precautions
3. CStandard precautions only
4. DContact precautions only