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CH 9 INFECTION CONTROL Flashcards

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Any animal capable of transmitting pathogens or producing human or animal discomfort or injury?

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VECTOR

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Factors affect habitability?

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working spaces
berthing spaces
air ventilation

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A snake that adversely affects military personnel is considered a?

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PEST

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Naval Supply Pub 486

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Food Service Management

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Requirements for food service training are addressed in what instruction?

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SECNAVINST 4061.1

rice chat, chat about making rice

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Food Service Sanitation Inspection?

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NAVMED form 6240/1

Inspect Jan rice

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Minimum immz standards are set by?

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Department of Health and Human Services (HSS)

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BUMEDINST 6230.15

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Immunizations and Chemoprophylaxis

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Disease that may be transmitted from a carrier to a susceptible host?

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Communicable disease

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Invades a host, multiplies and releases toxin?

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Infectious agent

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NAVMED 5038

Lace mafia

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Control of communicable diseases manual

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Instructions for reporting communicable diseases?

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BUMEDINST 6220.12

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Untreated sewage may not be discharged within how many nautical miles of shore?

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Infection Control Officers (ICO) are appointed how?

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In writing by COs or OICs

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The state of being free of pathogenic organisms?

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Asepsis

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Number of microorganisms contaminating an object (bioloload or microbial load)

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Bioburden

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Test that checks for air leaks in prevaacuum sterilizer?

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Bowie-Dick Type Test

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Inhibits most viruses/bacteria, does not kill all spores?

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Chemical disinfection

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Dental items are classified how?

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Critical, semi-critical, non-critical

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Critical items must be?

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Sterile

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Semi-critical items requires what level of disinfection?

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High-level

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Non-critical items require what level of disinfection?

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Intermediate level

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Destroy or prevent growth of disease carrying microorganisms?

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Disinfected

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Secondary to Pt’s original condition, unrelated to primary diagnosis?

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Nosocomial infection

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Steam heat under pressure to kill all micro-organisms
Saturated Steam Sterilization
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Free from all living micro-organisms?
Sterile, Sterility
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Destroys all micro-organisms
Sterilization
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Steam displaces via gravity?
Gravity Displacement Type Sterilizer
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Relies on one or more pressure and vacuum evolutions at the beginning or end of the cycle?
Prevacuum Type Sterilizer
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Supplies/materials to treat a single patient?
Unit Dose
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Placing barrier to limit exposure pathways?
Engineered Controls
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Reduces likelihood of exposure?
Work Practice Controls
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T/F All bacteria will take on the form of spores?
F
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Micro organisms much smaller than bacteria?
Viruses
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Subgroups of viruses?
Bacterial Animal (includes humans) Plant
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Mosts viruses are susceptible to immersion in boiling water for how long?
20 min
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Single celled animals that do not have a rigid cell wall, most pass through a life-cycle that has definite stages.
Protozoa
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Plants that lack chlorophyll and are smaller than protozoa?
Fungi
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The skin harbors two types of flora
Resident (normal) and transient
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Two main hand washing agents used in the Navy?
Water-based | Waterless (virtually disinfect skin in 20 seconds)
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Washing increases protective nature of gloves up to what percent?
60
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Three times more puncture resistant than rubber gloves?
Nitrile
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Airborne precautions include a private, negative pressure room with how many exchanges per hour?
6-12
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Droplet precautions should include what size partition?
3'
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MRSA and VRE (e-coli) require what type of precaution?
Contact
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Prevent xfer of pathogenic organisms from person to person or place to place.
Medical asepsis
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Most frequent reservoir of infectious agents?
Man
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Measures taken to control the spread of pathogenic organisms?
Concurrent Disinfection
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Measures taken to DESTROY pathogenic organisms?
Terminal disinfection
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DTR should flush hoses for how long?
1 minute beginning each day | 30 seconds between patients
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Potable water supplies may contain up to how many bacterial colony forming units per millimeter (cfu/ml)
100 (1 million for dental units)
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Three 10 second rinses will reduce Pt's microbial count by up to ___ percent?
97 | Many dentists use 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate
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Use what concept when dispensing supplies for each treatment setup?
Unit dose
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What should HMs use to dispense supplies from bulk storage containers?
Clean forceps
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Unprotected areas to clean with the spray-wipe-spray technique?
"high touch"
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DO NOT use 2% glutaraldehyde as a surface disinfectant due to?
high cost
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Clean mops how often?
Once every 24 hrs
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Flush the High-Volume Evacuator (HVE) system with at least how much water?
1 quart (at least once per week)
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Flush eyes or puncture site with cool water for how long?
15 MINUTES
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Liquid or solid waste containing sufficient pathogens to cause infection?
Infectious waste
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Treat disposable sharps as?
Regulated waste
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Do not store infectious waste without refrigeration for more than how many days?
7
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Temp/time for infectious waste sterilization?
250F 90min 15 psi
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Clean infectious waste spill with?
Absorbent material and disinfect with 1:10 solution of household bleach
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Least desirable method of cleaning in the operating room?
Mops
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How many strokes are used in a surgical hand scrub?
20 strokes per section
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Surgical hand scrub should be how high above the elbow?
2"

NAVEDTRA 14295B HOSPITAL CORPSMAN (17 decks)

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