PBS CFA: Unit 3: Outbreak & Response

A short unit check. Enter your Student ID and answer each item. This is practice, not a grade.

1. 1. Which routine action most reduces hospital-acquired infections?

   APreventive antibiotics for admitted patientsBProper hand hygieneCDaily disinfection of the floorsDWearing gloves instead of washing hands

2. 2. You lift the cap off a sterile broth tube to add a sample. While the tube is open, the cap is:

   APlaced in your pocket until you finishBSet on a paper towel, opening downCSet on the bench with the opening upDHeld in your hand, opening down

3. 3. A tube of bacterial culture tips over on the lab bench. You have told your teacher and put on gloves. The next thing you do is:

   AWipe it up fast with a dry paper towelBRinse the bench with water from the sinkCLet it dry, then wipe the bench with alcoholDCover it with towels, then add disinfectant

4. 4. An epidemic curve plots:

   AThe number of beds still openBNumber of new cases over timeCWhere cases live on a mapDThe total cases counted so far

5. 5. In mass-casualty triage, who is treated first?

   APatients with urgent, treatable injuriesBThe least injured, to clear them quicklyCWhoever the responders reached firstDThe most severely injured, whatever the odds

6. 6. "Surge capacity" in a hospital means the ability to:

   AAdd beds permanently after a budget increaseBDischarge patients faster on a normal dayCKeep the emergency department staffed at nightDQuickly expand care for a rush of patients

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