IT’S IN YOUR HANDS: Hand Hygiene & Isolation Precautions for the 21st Century

Orientation Tutorial Quiz

True or False (please circle your response):

1. Hand sanitizers are more likely than soap to damage skin if used frequently.	True False
2. Handwash (soap and water) is better at removing pathogens from the skin than hand sanitizers.	True False
3. Healthcare workers rarely recognize the cause-and-effect loop between missed hand hygiene opportunities and hospital-acquired infections.	True False
4. Hand sanitizers can be used in place of handwashing in most instances.	True False
5. The most frequent inappropriate use of gloves is the failure to change gloves during use.	True False
6. Hands must be washed with soap and water if visibly soiled.	True False
7. Gloving eliminates the need for hand hygiene.	True False
8. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after every patient contact.	True False
9. Hand hygiene compliance increases when hand sanitizers are available near the patient.	True False
10. Hand hygiene compliance can reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections.	True False
11. Hand hygiene compliance is an expectation, not an option, at UUHC.	True False
12. Isolation practices have changed for some diseases/organisms at UUHC.	True False
13. Body Substance Precautions, when used appropriately, are as effective as VRE and Droplet Precautions	True False
14. VRE Precautions are still required if the patient is infected with VRE.	True False
15. Infectious organisms are not transmitted from undiagnosed patients.	True False
16. A diagnosis is required to initiate all isolation precautions.	True False
17. A diagnosis or suspected diagnosis is required to initiate AFB or Airborne Precautions.	True False
18. Body Substance Precautions is process or interaction driven rather than diagnosis driven.	True False
19. All patients are in “isolation” at UUHC.	True False

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