ATI Infection Control
A nurse is caring for a client who has a Health care-associated Infection (HAI). Which of the following describes an exogenous HAI?
A Salmonella infection that occurs after eating contaminated food at the cafeteria.
A nurse is about to irrigate a client's open wound. Besides gloves, which of the following protective equipment should the nurse wear?
A face shield
What should the nurse do to maintain standard protocols?
Disinfect hands immediately after removing gloves.
To decontaminate their hands with an alcohol-based gel, the nurse should rub their hands together until all of the gel has been evaporated and their hands are dry. Which of the following is the correct rationale for why hands should be rubbed together until dry?
Drying provides the full antiseptic effect.
Contact precautions should be implemented for an adult client who has been hospitalized and has which of the following?
Infectious diarrhea
Which of the following is an advantage of using alcohol-based gel?
It takes less time to use than washing with soap and water.
Which of the following products can affect the permeability of latex gloves?
Petroleum-based hand lotion
A nurse is caring for a client who has mycoplasma pneumoniae. The client has been placed on droplet precautions. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when caring for the client?
Protect their eyes.
After completing a procedure that required donning personal protective equipment (PPE) consisting of a gown, an N95 respirator, a face shield, and gloves, which of the following should the nurse remove first when removing PPE Separately.
The gloves
A nurse is washing their hands with soap and water prior to repositioning of a client in bed. During the handwashing procedure, it is important to take which of the following actions?
Wash for at least 15 seconds.
After assisting a newly admitted client with removing their shoes and outerwear, the nurse notices what appears to be soil or grime on their hands. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Wash their hands with soap and water.