BUMEDINST 6600.10, Dental Infection Control Program Flashcards
Each year, approximately how many health care workers become infected with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV)?
18,000
The CDC estimates that HBV infection in health care personnel actually results in some 600 hospitalizations and how many deaths annually?
200
Commanding officers and officers in charge must develop and implement universal protocols of infection control strategies to prevent transmission of HBV and other pathogens of what type?
Bloodborne pathogens
The ability of HBV to survive in the environment, coupled with its high titers in the blood, makes it an excellent model for which practices?
Infection control
COs and OICs must appoint who in writing to assist in implementing the infection control program?
Infection Control Office (ICO)
Infection control involves taking steps to prevent the spread of what?
Infectious agents
What is the process of preventing the access of micro-organisms?
Asepsis
The use of rubber, plastic, paper, foil, or other fluid resistant materials to cover surfaces and protect them from contamination is known as what technique?
Barrier technique
What is the number of micro-organisms contaminating an object and is sometimes also known as bioload or microbial load?
Bioburden
What is an unprocessed biological monitor from the same lot as the test monitor and when cultured serves as a control by verifying the viability of the unexposed organisms?
Biological control
What is a bacterial endospore test designed assess whether sterilization has actually occurred?
Biological monitor
What are pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in human blood and capable of causing disease in humans?
Bloodborne pathogens
What test is a diagnostic test of a prevacuum sterilizer’s ability to remove air from the chamber and prevent air reentrant?
Bowie-dick
What is the destruction of inhibition of most viruses and bacteria while in their active growth phase?
Chemical disinfection
What are chemical dyes used to determine whether the conditions required for sterilization are met?
Chemical indicators
The presence or reasonably expected presence of blood or other potentially infectious material on an item or surface is said to be what?
Contaminated
What is the propagation and growth of micro-organisms or living tissue cells in or on a nutrient medium?
Culture
Dental items are classified in one of three ways, based on the pathways through which cross contamination may occur and the location and technique of instrument use. They are what?
Critical
Semi-critical
Non-critical
What items are instruments, and materials that penetrate the skin, mucous membranes, or bone?
Critical
What items are instruments, equipment, or materials that frequently contact mucous membrane but cannot be sterilized due to their design or inability to withstand heat?
Semi-critical
What items are instruments, equipment, or materials that do not normally penetrate or contact mucous membranes but which are exposed to splatter, spray, or splashing of blood, or are touched by contaminated hands?
Non-critical
What are equipment or methods which isolate or remove bloodborne pathogens from the workplace?
Engineering controls
A surgical entry into the tissues, cavities, organs or repair of major traumatic injuries is what type of procedure?
Invasive
Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and bacterial spores are classified as what?
Micro-organisms
An infection originating in the environment of a hospital or freestanding dental treatment facility is a what?
Nosocomial infection
What is a process which uses steam heat under pressure for sufficient length of time to kill all forms of micro-organisms?
Saturated steam sterilization
What is an acceptable method of cleaning and disinfecting?
Spray-wipe-spray
The process which destroys all types and forms of micro-organisms is called what?
Sterilization
The quantity of materials or supplies required to treat a single patient is called what?
Unit dose
The ICO must ensure that infection control functions are addressed at least how often as part of the command quality assurance program?
Quarterly
The ICO must review and revise all infection control policies and procedures at least how often?
Annually
The ICO must include a briefing in the command orientation for all new employees and staff on infection control policies and infectious disease hazards in the workplace per what instruction?
BUMEDINST 6010.13
Who directs continuous review and upgrade of the sterilization and infection control syllabus at the Naval School of Dental Assisting and Technology (NSDAT) for the dental technician, basic “A” school?
BUMED
Commands must review and upgrade their staff and new employee orientation presentation as directed. As a minimum, all personnel will receive initial training within how many days of reporting onboard and at least annually thereafter?
90
All personnel assigned duties in sterilization areas or functioning as surgical assistants will receive additional documented training in sterilization and what other techniques?
Aseptic
Commands must document infection control training sessions with names of persons attending and conducting, dates, and a summary of the contents of the training and mush maintain these records for at least how many years?
3
Commands must use what, through the appropriate chain of command, to identify total resources required to meet the guidelines of this directive and those of OHSA and EPA?
PPBS
A period of up to how long often exists between the time a person becomes infected with a virus and the time when laboratory tests can detect the antigens or antibodies to it?
Several weeks