Chap 5

Question 1

Father of infection control

Answer 1

Ignaz Semmelweis

Question 2

Immunosuppresseurs

Answer 2

Person whose immunity is prohibited for physiological reasons

Question 3

A disease capable of being passed from one person to another

Answer 3

Infectious disease

Question 4

A group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspected or confirmed diagnosis

Answer 4

Standard precaution

Question 5

Anti infective drugs include :

Answer 5

Antibiotics
Anti microbial
Anti fungal drugs

Question 6

Infections acquired in the course of medical care are called

Answer 6

Nosocomial

Question 7

A nosocomial infection that result from a particular treatment or therapeutic procedure is called

Answer 7

Iatrogenic

Question 8

A person who enters a health care facility with an infection is said to have a …….. infection

Answer 8

Community acquired

Question 9

Everyone has microorganisms in their body body all the time. This microorganisms are called…….

Answer 9

Normal flora

Question 10

Infections caused by microorganisms that are not normal flora are called

Answer 10

Exogenous infections

Question 11

When a person acquired an infection in the healthcare settings as a result of an overgrowth of normal flora, it is called …..

Answer 11

Endogenous nosocomial infection

Question 12

A drug effective against a wide variety of Micro-organismes

Answer 12

Broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug

Question 13

What are the causes of endogenous infections

Answer 13

1. Alteration in the number of normal flora present in the body or the alteration in placement of normal flora into another body cavity
2. Treatment with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug that alters the number of normal flora

Question 14

Two main body systems for nosocomial infection

Answer 14

Bloodstream and urinary tract

Question 15

VAD Stands for

Answer 15

Vascular access devices

Question 16

What’s a pathogen

Answer 16

Microorganism like bacteria fungi viruses and prions that produce disease

Question 17

Where is normal habitat of E. coli in human body?

In what body system E. coli can cause a disease

Answer 17

Normal habitat of E. coli is small intestines
It causes Urinary tract infection if it enters bladder

Question 18

What is resident flora

Answer 18

Resident flora means that there are microbes that live in the body at all times in a quantity that is usually stable

Question 19

Flora that are required by contact with an object on which day are present or called

Answer 19

Transient flora

Question 20

Which one is easier to remove resident flora or transient flora

Answer 20

Transient flora