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Infection Prevention Quiz

Do you think you know about infection prevention and control? Here's your chance to find out if what you think is really the case! Each statement is either true or false - choose your answers and see how well you do!

1) It's rude to ask a healthcare professional if their hands are clean
True
False

2) We can all play a part in making sure that we have clean hands
True
False

3) If I wash my hands they will stay germ free for a few hours after this
True
False

4) Soap and warm water is the best way to wash your hands
True
False

5) Our bodies can fight most infections in which case antibiotics do little to speed up recovery
True
False

6) The best way to treat most colds, coughs or sore throats is plenty of fluids and rest
True
False

7) Using antibiotics when they are not necessary will increase resistance to them and make it difficult to treat serious bacterial infections in the future
True
False

8) Cleaning the healthcare environment will stop all infections from being passed on
True
False

9) MRSA is a bacteria some of us carry on and in our bodies
True
False

10) MRSA is treatable
True
False