Exam style questions across every CIC domain
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Which of the following processes would the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) improvement team choose as a process indicator to reduce CAUTI?
While completing compliance rounds in the Central Supply department, the infection preventionist notes items that have completed the sterilization process are showing evidence of moisture on the inside of the sterilization package. The FIRST step that the IP should take is to
A patient with meningococcal meningitis experiences cardiac arrest. A nurse administers mouth-to-mouth breathing during CPR. Which of the following actions should the nurse take immediately?
An infection preventionist (IP) notices that several discharged newborns have been readmitted with staphylococcal infections. What should the IP do FIRST?
A healthcare worker experiences a percutaneous exposure to a patient with untreated HIV. The next step is to:
Which of the following is the BEST study design for assessing the benefit of a new treatment?
What factors contribute to the development of bacteria-containing biofilms within channels of endoscopes?
The primary source of organisms that cause surgical silo infections is the
A nutrition support team wants to determine whether patients who receive total parenteral nutrition (TPN) at home are at increased risk of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) compared with patients who receive TPN in the hospital. The BEST way to compare these two groups is to calculate the:
