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CPCT/A Patient Care Exam Test Prep - Question List

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41. Asepsis procedures are necessary because:
  1. Patient care areas are sterile.
  2. Every patient carries disease.
  3. They lower the risk of spreading infection.
  4. None of the above.
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42. Needle-stick protection devices are:
  1. Engineering controls for safety.
  2. Caps for needles that reduce the risk for needle-sticks.
  3. Required by law.
  4. All of the above.
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43. A client has been identified as having a very virulent bacterial infection that is spread through close physical contact. The patient care technician understands that, in order to decrease the chance of spreading these organisms, which of the following infection control precautions should be observed?
  1. Airborne precautions
  2. Droplet precautions
  3. Contact precautions
  4. Protective precautions
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44. The physician requests a pair of sterile scissors. A pair of scissors found at the bedside is in an original factory wrapping that has been opened but taped closed again. Which of the following should the patient care technician do?
  1. Check the hospital policy manual regarding use of opened supplies.
  2. Obtain a pair of sterile scissors that have not been opened.
  3. Provide the scissors to the physician because they are available and probably have not been used.
  4. Question another patient care technician regarding the sterility of the scissors found at the table.
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45. A client has been identified as having a very virulent bacterial infection that is spread through close physical contact. The patient care technician understands that, in order to decrease the chance of spreading these organisms, which of the following infection control precautions should be observed?
  1. Airborne precautions
  2. Droplet precautions
  3. Contact precautions
  4. Protective precautions
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