UNSAFE INJECTION PRACTICES....
MCQS
1. What is the primary purpose of using sterile needles and syringes for each injection?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To prevent cross-contamination and transmission of infections
C) To increase patient comfort
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: B) To prevent cross-contamination and transmission of infections
2. Why should needles not be recapped?
A) To prevent needle-stick injuries
B) To promote reuse of needles
C) To reduce medical waste
D) To increase patient comfort
Answer: A) To prevent needle-stick injuries
3. What is the recommended practice for cleaning the injection site?
A) Using soap and water
B) Using an antiseptic solution
C) Using a sterile glove
D) Not cleaning the site at all
Answer: B) Using an antiseptic solution
4. How should used needles and syringes be disposed of?
A) In a regular trash can
B) In a puncture-proof container
C) By recycling them
D) By reusing them
Answer: B) In a puncture-proof container
5. What is the main reason for avoiding unnecessary injections?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To prevent overuse of injections and related complications
C) To increase patient comfort
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: B) To prevent overuse of injections and related complications
6. What is essential for healthcare providers to prevent injection-related complications?
A) Continuous education and awareness
B) Using the same needle and syringe for multiple patients
C) Not following proper hygiene practices
D) Ignoring safe injection techniques
Answer: A) Continuous education and awareness
7. What is the role of WHO in promoting injection safety?
A) Providing guidelines and technical support
B) Manufacturing medical equipment
C) Conducting research on injection safety
D) Regulating healthcare policies
Answer: A) Providing guidelines and technical support
8. What is a major consequence of unsafe injection practices?
A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
B) Increased patient comfort
C) Reduced medical costs
D) Improved healthcare outcomes
Answer: A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
9. What is a potential complication of improper injection techniques?
A) Infections
B) Abscesses
C) Medical complications
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
10. Why is it important to promote safe injection practices globally?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To increase patient comfort
C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
11. What should healthcare providers do with used sharps?
A) Dispose of them in a regular trash can
B) Recycle them
C) Reuse them
D) Handle them with care and dispose of them in a puncture-proof container
Answer: D) Handle them with care and dispose of them in a puncture-proof container
12. What is the primary goal of WHO’s injection safety recommendations?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To increase patient comfort
C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
13. What is a key component of safe injection practices?
A) Using the same needle and syringe for multiple patients
B) Not following proper hygiene practices
C) Proper disposal of injection materials
D) Ignoring safe injection techniques
Answer: C) Proper disposal of injection materials
14. Why is it important for healthcare providers to be trained on safe injection techniques?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To increase patient comfort
C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections
15. What is a potential consequence of needle-stick injuries?
A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
B) Increased patient comfort
C) Reduced medical costs
D) Improved healthcare outcomes
Answer: A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
16. What should be done with needles immediately after use?
A) Recapped
B) Disposed of in a regular trash can
C) Disposed of in a puncture-proof container
D) Reused
Answer: C) Disposed of in a puncture-proof container
17. What is the role of healthcare providers in promoting injection safety?
A) To ignore safe injection techniques
B) To promote reuse of medical equipment
C) To follow proper hygiene practices and safe injection techniques
D) To dispose of sharps in a regular trash can
Answer: C) To follow proper hygiene practices and safe injection techniques
18. What is a major risk associated with unsafe injection practices?
A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
B) Increased patient comfort
C) Reduced medical costs
D) Improved healthcare outcomes
Answer: A) Transmission of blood-borne infections
19. What is essential for maintaining safety standards in injection practices?
A) Continuous education and awareness
B) Using the same needle and syringe for multiple patients
C) Not following proper hygiene practices
D) Ignoring safe injection techniques
Answer: A) Continuous education and awareness
20. What is the ultimate goal of promoting safe injection practices globally?
A) To reduce medical costs
B) To increase patient comfort
C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections and promote patient safety
D) To promote reuse of medical equipment
Answer: C) To prevent transmission of blood-borne infections and promote patient safety
21. Un safe injection practice is the use of unsterile or contaminated needles and syringes that to
cause harm
22. A reuse of injection devices without sterilization is a particular concern as it may transmit all
these diseases except:
a. Human Immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
b. Hepatic a virus [Hav]
c. Hepatitis B virus [Hbv]
d. Hepatitis C virus [Hcv]
13. Domestic is a place where injections are administered by relatives and neighbors as a favor or
expression of care
14. ______ is a healer that may or may not be recognized by state through associations and are often
trained by apprenticeship to other healers:
a. Church healers
b. Traditional healer
c. Domestic healer
d. Informal healer
15. The following are unsafe injection practice except:
a. Using multi-dose vials pierced with a single drawing up needle
b. Re-capping needles
c. Remove needles from multi-dose vials between injection
d. Using one syringe for many patients
16. When a single syringe is used for more than one person and same is used to inject via intravenous
tubing is known as:
Unsafe injection practice
17. Safe injection practice in a setting there must be all the following except:
a. Adequate supply of disposable syringes and needles
b. Adequate water supply
c. Good electricity
d. Inadequate supply of appropriate injecting equipment
18. Prevention of unsafe injection practice include the following except:
a. Use of safety boxes
b. Using one syringe for many patients
c. Use of auto-disable syringes
d. Use of a clean protective barrier
19. Reasons for patients not insisting on safe injection practice include the following except:
a. Lack of information on injection safety
1. Using the principles of standard precautions, the nurse would wear gloves in what nursing
interventions?
a. Providing oral hygiene
b. Providing hair care
c. Providing wound care
d. Feeding a client
Answer: C
2. Which of the following is the same as PRN?
a. When advised
b. Immediately
c. When necessary
d. Now
Answer: C
3. Which of the following should the nurse use to verify the patient’s identity before administration
of medication?
a. Ask patient his name
b. Check the identification band
c. State the patient’s name aloud and have the patient repeat it
Answer: C
4. Which of the following is the appropriate route of administration of insulin?
a. Intravenous
b. Intradermal
c. Subcutaneous
d. Intramuscular
Answer: C Subcutaneous
5. The nurse prepares to administer buccal medication; the drug should be placed:
Mucosa membrane of the cheek
6. Eye irrigation is performed…...
a. To drop an ointment
b. To remove secretion from the eye
c. Directly to the cornea
d. To reduce pain from the eye
Answer: B
7. Which type of medication order would read 1m PCM 600mg tds × 3days?
a. Single order
b. Standard written order
c. Standing order
d. Stat order
Answer: C
8. Write out the full meaning of DDA…...
Dangerous drug act
9. The nurse uses eye medication on only the…...
Eye
10. Copious amount of tap water should be used to remove…...
Irritants
30. One of the principles of aseptic technique is that, soiled linen should not be placed on the floor
because:
a) it will dirty the linen
b) it will soil other items
c) it will increase the contamination of both surfaces
d) it will spoil the nurses uniform
Answer: C
Cross match these potential infections in health care waste management to their Causative Agents
TYPE OF INFECTION ANSWER CAUSATIVE ORGANISM
Gastroenteritis. D. A. Neisseria meningitis
Respiratory infection G B. Q-fever virus
Genital infections. C C. Herpes virus
Skin infections. B D. Enterobacteria
Meningitis. A. E. H5N1 virus
Avian influenza E F. Candida albicans
Candiaemia . F. G. Streptococcus pneumoniae
38. Wastes generally fall into ______ categories
a. 7
b. 4
c. 3
d. 8
Answer: C
39. The term medical waste covers all waste produced in healthcare facilities and municipalities.
TRUE/FALSE
FALSE
40. Health care waste management methods include all the following Except.
a. Minimization
b. Segregation
c. labelling
d. Accumulation
Answer: D Accumulation
1. What is the most significant factor contributing to the transmission of bloodborne pathogens
through injections?
A) Reuse of needles and syringes
B) Improper disposal of sharps
C) Inadequate training of healthcare workers
D) Lack of personal protective equipment
Answer: A) Reuse of needles and syringes
2. Which of the following is a critical component of a successful injection safety program?
A) Regular audits of injection practices
B) Mandatory reporting of needle-stick injuries
C) Continuous education and training of healthcare workers
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
3. What is the primary benefit of using safety-engineered syringes?
A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
B) Improved patient comfort
C) Increased efficiency in injection administration
D) Enhanced medication efficacy
Answer: A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
4. Which of the following injection practices is most likely to result in a needle-stick injury?
A) Recapping a used needle
B) Disposing of a used needle in a puncture-proof container
C) Using a safety-engineered syringe
D) Administering an injection with a gloved hand
Answer: A) Recapping a used needle
5. What is the most effective strategy for preventing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens
through injections?
A) Improving healthcare worker training and education
B) Implementing safety-engineered syringes and needles
C) Enhancing infection control practices
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
6. Which of the following is a consequence of inadequate injection safety practices?
A) Increased patient satisfaction
B) Reduced risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission
C) Improved healthcare worker safety
D) Increased risk of medical errors
Answer: D) Increased risk of medical errors
7. What is the role of healthcare workers in promoting injection safety?
A) To follow established injection safety protocols
B) To educate patients on injection safety practices
C) To report needle-stick injuries and near-miss incidents
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
8. Which of the following injection safety practices is most critical in preventing the transmission of
bloodborne pathogens?
A) Using sterile needles and syringes
B) Disposing of used sharps in puncture-proof containers
C) Avoiding recapping used needles
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
9. What is the primary benefit of implementing a needle-free injection system?
A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
B) Improved patient comfort
C) Increased efficiency in injection administration
D) Enhanced medication efficacy
Answer: A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
10. Which of the following is a limitation of relying solely on personal protective equipment (PPE)
for injection safety?
A) PPE may not provide complete protection against needle-stick injuries
B) PPE may reduce dexterity and increase the risk of errors
C) PPE may not be available or accessible in all settings
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
11. What is the most effective way to promote a culture of injection safety within a healthcare
organization?
A) Providing regular training and education on injection safety
B) Implementing safety-engineered syringes and needles
C) Encouraging open reporting of needle-stick injuries and near-miss incidents
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
12. Which of the following is a consequence of failing to report needle-stick injuries and near-miss
incidents?
A) Reduced risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission
B) Improved healthcare worker safety
C) Increased risk of medical errors
D) Delayed identification and implementation of corrective actions
Answer: D) Delayed identification and implementation of corrective actions
13. What is the primary benefit of using a sharps injury prevention device?
A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
B) Improved patient comfort
C) Increased efficiency in injection administration
D) Enhanced medication efficacy
Answer: A) Reduced risk of needle-stick injuries
14. Which of the following is a critical component of an effective sharps safety program?
A) Regular audits of sharps handling and disposal practices
B) Mandatory reporting of sharps injuries and near-miss incidents
C) Continuous education and training of healthcare workers on sharps safety
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
15. What is the most effective way to reduce the risk of needle-stick injuries during injection
administration?
A) Using safety-engineered syringes and needles
B) Implementing a needle-free injection system
C) Improving healthcare worker training and education on injection safety
D) All of the above