CT(IAC) Exam case studies
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The Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC®) is a professional credential administered by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC). It signals that a practitioner can apply infection prevention and control science across a healthcare organization, from identifying infectious disease processes to cleaning, sterilization, and performance improvement. The CT(IAC) Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,477 words.
1Three CRE Isolates in a Medical ICU: Rate, Case Definition, and Investigation
A 24-bed medical intensive care unit in a 480-bed community teaching hospital admits a 68-year-old man transferred from a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) with a sacral pressure injury. On hospital day 6 his wound culture grows carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (NDM).
898 words, about 4 min2Duodenoscope Reprocessing Failures: Breach, Look-Back, and Surveillance Cultures
A 350-bed hospital's endoscopy suite performs about 40 ERCPs per month with two duodenoscopes. Both are manually cleaned with a manufacturer-specified elevator brush and then processed in a single automated endoscope reprocessor (AER) using ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA).
927 words, about 5 min3High-Risk Needlestick in a Pregnant Nurse With a Reactive Source
A 29-year-old RN at 26 weeks' gestation sustains a deep needlestick with a 22-gauge hollow-bore needle while drawing blood from a 57-year-old man admitted with alcohol-related pancreatitis and fluctuating mental status. She recapped the needle before the injury.
873 words, about 4 min4Norovirus Outbreak on a Skilled Nursing Unit With a Shared Bathroom and a Working Food Handler
On a 38-bed skilled nursing unit, 14 residents and 6 of 40 staff develop vomiting and watery diarrhea over three days in January. Two residents are hospitalized for dehydration and one dies.
866 words, about 4 min5Construction Adjacent to a Transplant Unit, an Outdated Water Plan, and a Request to Sign Off
A 220-bed hospital begins a nine-month addition adjacent to the existing building. The construction site abuts the corridor serving an 18-bed hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) unit on the fourth floor, roughly 60 feet from the demolition.
913 words, about 5 min