Infection Control

Question 1

5 moments of hand hygiene?

Answer 1

(1) Before patient contact
(2) Before Aseptic technique
(3) After patient contact
(4) After contact with body fluid
(5) After contact with patient surroundings

Question 2

Hospital-acquired infections:

How do you know if it is hospital-acquired?

MRSA:

• How is it screened for?
• How can it be eradicated?

What 2 other GI infections may be acquired?

Answer 2

> 48 hrs

Nasal swabs and swab of skin lesions

Nasal mupirocin
Chlorhexidine wash if found on the skin

C. diff and norovirus

Question 3

Commoner:

Name some notifiable diseases from the list of systems below:

• CNS - 2
• Resp - 2
• GI - 3
• International infectious disease - 1
• Diseases with MMR vaccine

Answer 3

Meningitis/meningiococcal septicaemia
Encephalitis

TB
Whooping Cough

Food poisoning and suspected food poisoning
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Infectous blood diarrhoea

Malaria

Measles
Mumps
Rubella