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Blood Borne Infections Questions And Answers 2023
SKU: Blood Borne Infections Questions And Answers 2023 | Pages: 7 | Year: 2024
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What is a blood borne infection? Correct Answer: Infections caused by blood borne pathogens
What are blood borne pathogens? Correct Answer: Microorga...
What is a blood borne infection? Correct Answer: Infections caused by blood borne pathogens
What are blood borne pathogens? Correct Answer: Microorganisms in human blood that can cause
infections/disease in humans
Blood borne infections can be transmitted in what 4 ways? Correct Answer: 1. Patient to provider
2. Provider to patient
3. Patient to patient
4. Provider to provider
What are the 3 main percutaneous routes of transmission? Correct Answer: 1. Needle sticks
2. Sharps-related injuries
3. Blood splashes
What are the 2 ways in which blood can get into someone? Correct Answer: 1. Open wound
2. Mucous membranes
What are the 3 most common bloodborne pathogens? Correct Answer: 1. Hep B
2. Hep C
3. HIV
Why are bloodborne infections so difficult to stop? Correct Answer: They have long periods of NO
symptoms with the ability to give infection to others
What are 4 common potential infectious materials? Correct Answer: 1. Human blood
2. Saliva (dental procedures)
3. Any visible body fluid contaminated w/ blood
4. Any unfixed tissue from a human (teeth, gingival tissue, bone)
What is the transmission rate of HBV? Correct Answer: 6%
-30% if HBeAg is present (hep B e-antigen)
What is the transmission rate of HCV? Correct Answer: 1.8%
What is the transmission rate of HIV? Correct Answer: 0.3%
True or false: Measures to prevent bloodborne transmission are common to ALL bloodborne
pathogens. Correct Answer: True
What are the 2 main prevention measures? Correct Answer: 1. Know your patients
2. Use universal precautions
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- Clinical reasoning & medication selection justified
- NP-level explanation with key teaching points
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