NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Medical Asepsis - Correct Answers ✅Clean Technique/ All practices intended to confine microorganisms Surgical Asepsis - Correct Answers ✅Sterile Technique/ Practices to keep are free from all microorganisms Chain of Infection - Correct Answers ✅1.) Infectious (Etiological Agent) 2.) Reservoir 3.) Portal of Exit 4.) Mode of Transmission 5.) Portal of Entry 6.) Susceptible Host Infectious Agent - Correct Answers ✅Pathogen (virus, bacteria, spore) Reservoir - Correct Answers ✅human body, contaminated water/food, animals/insects, decaying material Portal of Exit - Correct Answers ✅blood, urine, feces, breaks in skin, would drainage, body secretions 1 / 3
NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Routes of Transmission - Correct Answers ✅air, food, insects, direct contact with infected person Main concern with patient care in Infection Chain - Correct Answers ✅direct contact with infected persons Portal of Entry - Correct Answers ✅skin, mouth, nostril, muscosa, urinary, indwelling tubes Susceptible Host - Correct Answers ✅any individual who has a large number of pathogens invading the body and does not have adequate resistance (elderly, immunosuppressed, post-operative, infants)
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✅early recognition, accurate identification, cleansing contaminated objects, disinfection, sterilization
Break the Chain: Reservior - Correct Answers ✅control
source of body fluids, HAND HYGIENE, change soiled dressings and dispose in moisture resistant bags, dispose of syringes in puncture proof bags, never recap used needles, cap solutions, collect and dispose of drainage tubes 2 / 3
NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Most important infection control step - Correct Answers ✅Hand Hygiene
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✅Respiratory: cover nose/mouth when coughing/sneezing,
wear mask if infected
Urine, Feces, Emesis, and Blood: wear clean PPE, handle all
specimens as if infectious
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✅HAND HYGIENE, use personal set of care items for each patient, discard any item that touches floor
Break the Chain: Portal of Entry - Correct Answers
✅maintain skin/mucous membrane integrity, cover wounds as needed, dispose of used needles, keep all urinary drainage systems closed
Break the Chain: Host - Correct Answers ✅provide
adequate nutrition and rest, provide immunization, and use protective isolation for patients with inadequate resistance Nosocomial Infections - Correct Answers ✅infections that originate in the hospital
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