An infection control professional is reviewing the hospital's hand hygiene protocol. Which of the following is the MOST important component to include for preventing the spread of Clostridium difficile?
Cbic Hand
Question · Medium
Hail Geobacillus
Short
Chain of Infection
Identification of Infectious Disease Processes
Flashcard
Which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of an infection control surveillance program?
Cbic Surveillance
Question · Easy
Type of a very common skin and nose germ that several antibiotics may fail to cure, spread by contact with infected people, wounds or items.
Disease identification
Guess the Term
Introduction & Exam Overview
0.1 About the CBIC CIC Exam & Certification Path
Study guide
Cheat sheet
A patient is admitted with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. What type of transmission-based precautions should be implemented?
Cbic Transmission Based
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
Colonization vs Infection
A healthcare worker sustains a needlestick injury from a patient who is known to be HIV positive. What is the MOST appropriate immediate action?
Cbic Occupational
Colitis that most often occurs during or soon after antibiotic use and is diagnosed from a stool sample.
Which of the following is an example of a critical item that requires sterilization?
Cbic Sterilization And
PPE fit check
Pseudo-infection / Pseudo-outbreak
The chain of infection consists of six links. Which of the following is the correct order?
Cbic Chain Of
Life-threatening emergency that occurs when the body's extreme response to an infection triggers a chain reaction.
0.2 Exam Format, Domain Weighting & Study Strategy
A hospital is experiencing an outbreak of norovirus. Which of the following is the MOST effective environmental cleaning agent for this virus?
Cbic Environmental
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
Sensitivity vs Specificity
What is the primary goal of an employee health program in a healthcare setting?
Federal agency's secure web-based system that facilities use to track device-associated infection data.
Surveillance and investigation
An infection control professional is preparing to educate a group of nurses on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). What is the MOST important principle to emphasize?
Cbic Personal Protective
Fishbone diagram, x-rayed
Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and prevalence
A hospital is conducting a root cause analysis (RCA) of a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). What is the primary purpose of the RCA?
Question · Hard
Summary measure used by a federal hospital tracking system that divides observed events by the number predicted from national baseline data.
Chapter 1: Identification of Infectious Disease Processes
1.1 Microorganisms & Microbial Pathogenesis
Which of the following is the MOST reliable method for sterilizing heat-sensitive medical equipment?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Prophylactic vs Empiric vs Therapeutic antimicrobial use
An infection control professional is investigating a potential outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Which of the following is the most likely source of the outbreak?
Cbic Outbreak
Broad category of conditions linked to medical devices, surgery, spread between patients and staff, or antibiotic overuse.
A nurse is caring for a patient on contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which of the following actions requires the nurse to wear a gown?
Incubation period vs Communicable period
Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent the transmission of influenza in a healthcare setting?
Cbic Transmission
Items worn during care when contact with blood, body fluids, or pathogens is anticipated and then removed in a set order.
Transmission precautions
1.2 Diagnostic Microbiology & Laboratory Testing Methods
An infection control professional is developing a policy for the use of antiseptic agents for skin preparation before surgery. Which of the following agents is MOST commonly recommended?
Cbic
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
Diagnostic stewardship
Which of the following is an example of a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) that is considered a 'never event' by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)?
Cbic Regulations And
Waterless product applied to skin to reduce germs when the skin is not visibly soiled.
An infection control professional is using statistical process control (SPC) charts to monitor the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). What is the purpose of the upper and lower control limits on an SPC chart?
Cbic Research And
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