JHAN VEAVER LEE MARQUEZ BSN 1-A7 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING PRACTICE

SAS #1

1. ANSWER: C

RATIONALE: Reducing environmental pollution, such as pathogen elimination and preventing

healthcare-associated infections, both lead to a healthy patient environment.

2. ANSWER: D

RATIONALE: When a patient with a transmissible infection, such as MRSA and other drug resistant
bacteria, tuberculosis, or Clostridium difficile, is discharged, terminal cleaning is done.

3. ANSWER: C

RATIONALE: The basic practice for cleaning clinical areas is routine cleaning, which involves mopping the
floors and dusting with detergent.

4. ANSWER: B

RATIONALE: Damp dusting is a dusting process used in the treatment of non-upholstered hospital
furniture and for the removal of dust from all surfaces above the floor.

5. ANSWER: D

RATIONALE: - High Dusting – refers to those areas over windows, pipes, wall and ceiling.

6. ANSWER: C

RATIONALE: Low Dusting – done to all places easily reached by standing on the floor; done daily.

7. ANSWER: D

RATIONALE: Wearing adequate PPEs when cleaning is essential to protect against blood/body fluid spills
and to avoid infection if the patient is on transmission-based precautions.

8. ANSWER: A

RATIONALE: - Cleaner to dirtier areas to avoid spreading dirt and microorganisms.

9. ANSWER: B

RATIONALE: To avoid dirt and microorganisms from dripping or dropping and contaminating already
cleaned areas, clean from high to bottom.

10. ANSWER: D

RATIONALE: While cleaning a patient's room, skipping/jumping from one area to another can result in
errors, such as missing certain areas of the room, which may be due to danger.