Test your knowledge about infection control and prevention

Most countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region have national infection prevention and control programmes.

• True
• False

Most health care-associated infections are transmitted to patients:

• from the hands of health care workers
• from dirty washrooms
• from hospital food

Most Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections involve which of the following sites?

• Skin
• Soft tissue
• Both

MRSA and other multidrug-resistant organisms can be transmitted:

• through medical equipment that is shared and not appropriately disinfected between use
• from the hands of health care workers who do not perform hand hygiene as indicated in the 4 Moments for Hand Hygiene
• through environmental surfaces that are not properly cleaned
• All of the above

What percentage of MRSA infections in the community setting are considered life-threatening?

• 5-10%
• 20-25%
• 35-40%