Health care workers can best avoid hepatitis B infection by:
A) using standard precautions for all patients.
B) using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after each patient contact.
C) completing the hepatitis B vaccine series.
D) receiving gamma globulin in the event of an exposure.
Question 2
You have just come on duty. The EMT on the previous shift complains to you that the QI manager was giving him grief because he did not document three sets of vital signs on the patient record. The EMT is angry and does not understand why documenting three sets of vital signs is so important. What is the best answer you could give him?
A) It is important you show the QI manager that you are a team player.
B) The recording of three sets of vital signs demonstrates that you were trending the patient's condition.
C) Vital signs are something you have to fill out because the state requires it.
D) The report looks better when all the boxes are filled out.
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