Chapter 5- infection control

Question 1

Cocci are bacteria that are _________.

Answer 1

Round shaped

Question 2

Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poising?

Answer 2

Streptococci

Question 3

Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are __________?

Answer 3

Diplococci

Question 4

Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria called __________.

Answer 4

Spirilla

Question 5

A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful organisms on environmental surfaces is ___________.

Answer 5

Disinfecting

Question 6

Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called _________.

Answer 6

Protoplasm

Question 7

The process whereby bacteria grow to their largest size, and then divide into two new cells is what?

Answer 7

Binary fission

Question 8

The presence of pus can be a sign of what?

Answer 8

A bacterial infection

Question 9

A _________ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a particular part of the body.

Answer 9

Local

Question 10

What is a condition caused by an infestation of head lice?

Answer 10

Pediculosis capitis

Question 11

The ability if the body to destroy, resist, and recognize Infection is called what?

Answer 11

Immunity

Question 12

Disinfectants sold and used in the US must carry ________ registration number.

Answer 12

An environmental protection agency (EPA)

Question 13

Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Standard Precautions?

Answer 13

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 14

In 2012, OSHA agreed to comply with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Systems (GHS), which requires the use of a standard format called ____________ (SDS) to replace the MSDS.

Answer 14

Safety Data Sheet

Question 15

A type of disinfectant with a very high pH that can damage the skin or eyes is called _________.

Answer 15

Phenolic disinfectants

Question 16

When washing your hands, after you have used warm water, applied soap, and then rubbed your hands together until a lather forms, use a disinfected nail brush to brush your nails horizontally back and forth under the free edges and then up and down along the nail folds of the fingernails. The process for brushing both hands should take about how long?

Answer 16

60 seconds

Question 17

Antiseptics are intended for ____________.

Answer 17

Reducing microbes in the skin

Question 18

Standard Precautions require employers and employees to assume that all human blood and body fluids are potentially ____________.

Answer 18

Infectious

Question 19

The SDS contains __________ categories of information.

Answer 19

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