CH. 5- INFECTION CONTROL: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

Question 1

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BACTERIA, BUT THEY ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THE FOLLOWING 2 PRIMARY TYPES__________.

Answer 1

PATHOGENIC AND NON-PATHOGENIC

Question 2

NONPATHOGENIC BACTERIA MAY PERFORM USEFUL FUNCTIONS AND __________.

Answer 2

• NOT ALL CAUSE DISEASE
• BRAKE DOWN FOOD
• PROTECT AGAINST INFECTION

Question 3

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA THAT GROW, FEED AND SHELTER ON OR IN ANOTHER ORGANISM ARE KNOWN AS __________.

Answer 3

PARASITES

Question 4

BACTERIA ARE ONE CALLED MICROORGANISMS ALSO KNOWN AS MICROBES OR __________.

Answer 4

GERMS

Question 5

THE DIVISION OF A BACTERIAL CELL INTO TWO NEW CELLS IS CALLED

Answer 5

BINARY FISSION

Question 6

THE BACTERIA RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD POISONING AND TONIC SHCOK SYNDROME ARE__________.

Answer 6

STAPHYLOCOCCI

Question 7

SUBMICROSCOPIC PARTICLES THAT INFECT CELLS OF A BIOL;OGICAL ORGANISM ARE KNOWN AS

Answer 7

VIRUSES

Question 8

PUS-FORMING BACTERIA THAT GROW IN BUNCHES OR CLUSTER

ARE ____________.

Answer 8

STAPHYLOCOCCI

Question 9

NON-PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ARE……

Answer 9

HARMLESS

Question 10

AN INFECTION AGENT SMALLER THAB BACTERIA AND CAPABLE OF REPLICATION THROUGH TAKING OVER THE HOST CELLS REPRODUCTION MACHINERY IS KNOWN AS____________.

Answer 10

A VIRUS

Question 11

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA MAY PRODUCE __________.

Answer 11

DISEASE

Question 12

AN EXAMPLE OF A LOCAL INFECTION IS__________.

Answer 12

AN ABSCESS

Question 13

THE ABILITY TO DESTROY OR RESIST INFECTION IS KNOWN AS__________.

Answer 13

IMMUNITY

Question 14

THE SKIN CONDITION THAT IS DEVELOPED AFTER THE BODY HAS OVERCOME A DISEASE OR HAS BEEN INOCULATED FOR THE KNOWN DISEASE IS NOWN AS …….

Answer 14

ACQUIRED IMMUNITY

Question 15

A CONTAGIOUS SKIN DISEASE CASUED BY THE ITCH MITE IS

Answer 15

SCABIES

Question 16

THE ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME IS CALLED BY

Answer 16

HIV

Question 17

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) REGISTERS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF……….

Answer 17

DISINFECTANTS

Question 18

HIV IS SPREAD MAINLY THROUGH_________.

Answer 18

SHARING NEEDLES BY INTRAVENOUS DRUG USES

Question 19

THE PROCESS THAT ELIMINATES MOST, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL, MICROORGANISM ON THE NON-LIVING SURFACES IS CALLED___________.

Answer 19

DISINFECTION

Question 20

COMPLETELY DESTROYING ALL MICROBIAL LIFE INCLUDING BACTERIAL SPORES IS CALLED________.

Answer 20

STERILIZATION

Question 21

PUS-FORMING BACTERIA THAT GROW IN CURVED LINES RESEMBLING A STRING OF BEADS ARE KNOWN AS___________.

Answer 21

STREPTOCOCCI

Question 22

THE NUMBER OF VIABLE ORGANISMS IN OR ON THE OBJECT PRIOR TO DECONTAMINATION OR STERILIZATION IS KNOWN AS____________.

Answer 22

BIOBURDEN