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6. Infections caused by a stay in a healthcare environment

  • Nosocomial
  • Zoonotic

7. Washing hands, sterile techniques, controlled catheter use, sterile surgery, use of silver gauge, patient isolation, rapid testing, nasal swabs are.....

  • All prevetion techniques
  • Bad practice for busy A&E departments

8. A catheter associated urinary infection is a route of contamination for nosocomial infection

  • True
  • False

9. Staphylococcus aureus can be methicillin resistant and ____ resistant

  • Carbapenem
  • Vancomycin
  • Amoxillin

10. Causes mild to severe diarrhoea to pseudomembranus collitis

  • Clostridium difficile
  • Enteramobea gingivalis
  • Plasmodium

11. An immunocompromised patient, an elderly patient, exposed wounds, burns, broad spectrum of antibiotics etc are all

  • Risk factors for nosocomial infections
  • Risk factors for zoonotic infections

12. 15000 cases last year in England and Wales

  • C difficile
  • S aureus

13. Machines such as ventilators can cause ___________, for example in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

  • Nosocomial infections
  • Zoonotic infections

14. Healthcare associated infection

  • Nosocomial
  • Zoonotic

15. Staph aureus are gram _______ cocci that grows in grapelike clusters, catalase +ve and coagulase +ve

  • +ve
  • -ve

16. Surgical site infection is often not a route of contamination for nosocomial infection

  • False
  • True

17. Staphylococcus aureus infections can lead to bactereamia and sepsis, and occasionally pneumonia

  • True
  • False

18. Staphylococcus aureus is found on the skin and nose of ___% of the population

  • 80
  • 30
  • 50
  • 90

19. A central line catheter is a route of contamination for nosocomial infection

  • True
  • False