Free CIC Questions for CBIC Certified Infection Control CIC Exam as PDF & Practice Test Engine

An HBsAb-negative employee has a percutaneous exposure to blood from a Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive patient. Which of the following regimens is recommended for this employee?

A new hospital disinfectant with a 3-minute contact time has been purchased by Environmental Services. The disinfectant will be rolled out across the patient care 3-minute contact time has been purchased by Environmental Services. The disinfectant will be rolled out across the patient care areas. They are concerned about the high cost of the disinfectant. What advice can the infection preventionist provide?

An infection preventionist is providing education to a group of medical device reprocessing staff on critical steps in cleaning instruments. Which of the following actions is recommended while using washer-disinfector?

A ventilator-associated pneumonia rate in the ICU has increased from 8.1 infections/1,000 ventilator days to
15.4 infections/1,000 ventilator days over the past two months. To determine the root cause for this increase, the MOST appropriate tool for a performance improvement team is a:

An infection preventionist (IP) believes that there is an increase in transmission of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the surgical intensive care unit. Which of the following would allow the IP to assess whether there is an increase in the rate of healthcare-associated MRSA infections?

Which of the following is the primary advantage of conducting prospective surveillance?

Working with public health agencies to collect and analyze indicators that might signal an increase in community illness is an example of which type of surveillance?

An infection preventionist is writing a policy about prevention of intravascular device infection. Which of the following is important for healthcare personnel to know as part of central line insertion and maintenance procedures?

A city has a population of 150.000. Thirty new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed in the city last year.
These now cases brought the total number of active TB cases in the city last year to 115. Which of the following equations represents the incidence rate tor TB per 100.000 in that year?

Two patients in a medical intensive care unit (ICU) and one patient in a surgical ICU have Aspergillus fumigatus cultured from sputum. An exterior construction project was started two weeks ago with demolition of an old office building one week ago. All of the following questions are important for the infection preventionist to ask EXCEPT: