AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Personal Protective Equipment
| 1. Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce contamination of health care personnel hands and clothes. | ☒True | ☐ False |
| 2. PPE includes gloves, gowns, masks, and goggles. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 3. Gowns should be worn when splashing or spraying of blood or other body fluids could occur during resident care. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 4. Gloves should be worn when in contact with blood and other body fluids, secretions, nonintact skin, and other potentially infectious substances. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 5. When removing a gown, it should be turned inside out in a peeling motion and then held away from the body until discarded. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 6. Gloves should be changed if moving from a contaminated body site, such as a wound, to a clean body site. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 7. PPE should be worn during all resident care activities. | ☐ True | ☒ False |
| 8. Gloves should be used on all residents in the same room as long as they are not visibly soiled. | ☐ True | ☒ False |
| 9. Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before and after using PPE. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
| 10. When emptying a urinary catheter collection bag, wearing gloves, a gown, and a face shield would be appropriate. | ☒ True | ☐ False |
