Chapter 5 Infection Control Flashcards
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The OSHA Act of 1970 established the Hazard Communication Rule, which required that chemical manufacturers publish (what?) which has since been replaced by a new format.
Material Safety Data Sheets
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registers many types of what?
Disinfectants
What are single-celled organisms that have the characteristics of both plants and animals?
Bacteria
There are thousands of different kinds of bacteria, but they are classified into the following two primary types. What are they?
Pathogenic and non pathogenic
Nonpathogenic bacteria are
Harmless
Nonpathogenic bacteria may perform useful functions. What do they protect against
Infection
What can pathogenic bacteria cause?
Disease
What is the Pus-forming bacteria that causes infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning called?
Streptococci
What are the short, rod-shaped bacteria that produce disease such as tetanus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and diphtheria called?
Bacilli
What is the division of a bacterial cell into two new cells called?
Binary fission
What is a condition, characterized by redness, heat, and pain, in which the body reacts to injury, irritation, or infection?
Inflammation
What is an example of a local infection?
An abscess
What is a true statement about MRSA?
Clients who appear completely healthy can bring MRSA into the salon, where it can infect others.
Submicroscopic particles that infect cells of a biological organism are known as
Viruses
The common cold, respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infections, measles, mumps, chicken pox, small pox, rabies, yellow fever, hepatitis, polio, influenza and HIV are all forms of what?
Viruses
Colonies of microorganisms that adhere to environmental surfaces are called what?
Bio films
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by what virus?
HIV
How is the HIV virus mainly spread?
Sharing needles by intravenous drug use
What are single-cell organisms that grow in irregular masses that include mold, mildews, and yeats?
Fungi
Organisms that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another organism are known as
Parasites
What is a contagious skin disease caused by the itchy mite?
Sacbies
What is the ability to destroy or resist infections known as?
Immunity
What is a condition that it developed after the body has overcome a disease or has been inoculated for the disease?
Acquired immunity
Completely destroying all microbial life including bacterial spore is known as what?
Sterilization
What is the process that eliminates most, but not necessarily all microorganisms on non living surfaces?
Disinfection
What is the ability of a disinfecting solution to kill germs when used according to the label called?
Efficacy
To use a disinfectant properly read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions. What else do you need to do to your implements to properly disinfect the ?
Completely submerge
What happens to all disinfectants when there is a presence of oil, lotions, creams and dust?
It becomes inactivated
What does QUATS stand for?
Quaternary ammonium compounds
What can phenols do to certain tools that are made of rubber and plastic materials?
It damage them
What is sodium hypochlorite known as?
Household bleach
