Chain of Infection

Question 1

Select the steps healthcare professionals can take to help prevent the spread of infections in the healthcare workplace.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

practice good hand hygiene; properly clean medical equipment and devices; use bleach to disinfect items

Question 2

Select the ways patients and their visitors and caregivers can help break the chain of infection in healthcare facilities.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

learn about the risks for infection specific to the treatment the patient is receiving; ask healthcare professionals to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer if they were not observed washing up

Question 3

A quarantine can help prevent infections by interrupting the chain of infection at which point?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

mode of transmission

Question 4

The phenomenon in which bacteria that were once easy to fight with common medicines now require different, stronger drugs is called

Revolt · Accepted Answer

antibiotic resistance.

Chain of Infection Answers

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