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Infection Prevention and Control for the Hearing Healthcare Practice

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1.  Infection control is the discipline concerned with:
  1. Tracking your vaccination records
  2. Wearing hazmat suits
  3. Preventing the spread of infection by managing the clinical environment
  4. Encouraging home healthcare
2.  Which of the following is NOT a factor related to the spread of infection control in the hearing healthcare setting?
  1. Staff to patients
  2. Patient to patient
  3. Patient to staff
  4. Constant contact
3.  What are the 3 types of transmission based precautions?
  1. Spray, Liquid, Bleach
  2. Contact, Droplet, Airborne
  3. Disinfectants, Burning, Avoidance
  4. Droplet, Liquid, Avoidance
4.  Cerumen is an infectious agent if:
  1. The patient has not washed their hearing aids before the visit
  2. It it has become contaminated with mucus and blood
  3. The patient has the flu
  4. Cerumen is never an infectious agent
5.  What skin surface is more prone to infection than any other skin surface?
  1. Ear canal
  2. Hands
  3. Feet
  4. Face
6.  When should you wash your hands?
  1. Before and after patient care
  2. Before and after using gloves
  3. After cleaning instruments
  4. All of the above
7.  Infection control protocols:
  1. need to understood by all office staff
  2. need to be understood only by the office manager
  3. need to be understood only by the audiologist / dispenser
  4. need to be understood only by nursing and physician
8.  What is hand hygiene?
  1. Proper hand washing
  2. Using a hand sanitizer
  3. Proper glove use
  4. All of the above
9.  MSDS stands for:
  1. Most statistical data source
  2. Material specific disinfectant sheet
  3. Material safety data sheet
  4. Material safety disinfectant store
10.  Which of the following is NOT a Universal Precaution?
  1. Hand washing
  2. Smoking
  3. Wearing gloves
  4. Wearing a mask

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