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bobbie

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that blood spills be cleaned with:
 
  a. ethanol. c. sodium hypo-chlorite.
  b. peracetic acid. d. alkaline glutaralde-hyde.

Question 2

Which of the following indicates the minimum time a tracheostomy inner cannula should be soaked in 3 hydrogen peroxide to be an effective disinfectant during a patient's tracheostomy care?
 
  a. 1 minute c. 10 minutes
  b. 5 minutes d. 15 minutes

Question 3

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a _____ dilution of bleach to water to clean up blood spills.
 
  a. 1:1 c. 1:10
  b. 1:2 d. 1:100



sarah_brady415

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that a 1:10 dilution of sodium hy-pochlorite be used to clean blood spills.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Commercially available 3 solutions of hydrogen peroxide are effective disinfectants of bacteria (including Mycobacteria sp.), fungi, and viruses and are active within 10 minutes at room tem-perature. To be effective against spores, the solution would need to be at 50 C and the equip-ment would need to be soaked for at least 20 minutes.

Answer to Question 3

ANS: C
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that a 1:10 dilution of sodium hy-pochlorite be used to clean up blood spills.



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