Chapter 6 Infection Prevention and Control

Question 1

Antimicrobial

Answer 1

An agent that destroys, resists, or prevents the development of pathogens

Question 2

Autoclave

Answer 2

An appliance used to sterilize medical instruments or other objects by using steam under pressure

Question 3

Body fluids

Answer 3

Tears, saliva, sputum (mucus coughed up), urine, feces, semen, vaginal secretions, pus or other wound drainage, and vomit

Question 3

Bloodborne Pathogens

Answer 3

Infectious microorganisms found in human blood and other body fluids that can cause disease

Question 4

Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

Answer 4

Federal law requiring that healthcare facilities protect employees from Bloodborne health hazards

Question 5

Carbapenem resistant (Enterobacteriaceae)

Answer 5

Bacteria that have developed resistance to carbapenems, which is a category of antibiotics

Question 6

Carrier

Answer 6

Person who carries a pathogen, usually without signs or symptoms of disease, but who can still spread the disease

Question 7

Catheter

Answer 7

Tube inserted through the skin or into a body opening that is used to administer or drain fluid

Question 7

C. difficile or C. diff

Answer 7

An abbreviation for Clostrioides difficile a bacterium that is spread by spores in feces that are difficult to kill; it causes symptoms sch as diarrhea and nausea and can lead to serious inflammation of the colon (colitis)

Question 8

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Answer 8

Federal government agency responsible for improving the overall health and safety of the people in the United States

Question 9

Clean

Answer 9

In health care, a condition in which an object is not contaminated with pathogens

Question 10

Contagious Disease

Question 11

Communicable Disease

Answer 11

An infectious disease transmissible by direct contact or by indirect contact