Disinfection

Question 1

What are the three levels of disinfection?

Answer 1

Sanitation
Disinfection
Sterilization

Question 2

What does general practice include?

Answer 2

Hand washing,

Use of personal protective equipment, and proper disinfection to prevent cross-contamination

Question 3

What is general practice?

Answer 3

Prevent the spread of disease and kill certain or all microbes

Question 4

What is sanitation?

Answer 4

Lowest level of infection control and Physical removal of debris, which reduces the number of microbes present

Question 5

What are sanitation guidelines?

Answer 5

Wash hands with liquid antibacterial soap before and after each service
2. Sanitize all surfaces before and after each service
3. Provide hot and cold running water at all times
4. Provide clean restrooms with well-stocked liquid soap, toilet tissue and paper towels
5. Provide disposable drinking cups

Question 6

What are Disinfectants?

Answer 6

chemical products used to destroy or kill bacteria and some viruses

Question 7

What are Broad Spectrum Disinfectants?

Answer 7

group of disinfectants that kill bacteria, viruses, fungi and pseudomonas

Question 8

What are Bactericidals?

Answer 8

Kill harmful bacteria

Question 9

What are Tuberculocidals?

Answer 9

Kill tuberculosis

Question 10

What are Fungicidals?

Answer 10

Destroy fungus

Question 11

What are Virucidals?

Answer 11

Kill viruses

Question 12

What are Pseudomonacidals?

Answer 12

Kill pseudomonas

Question 13

What does OSHA stand for?

Answer 13

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Question 14

What does OSHA do?

Answer 14

enforces safety and health standards in the workplace
• Has put regulations such as Material Safety Data Sheets
(MSDS) and labeling of products in place

Question 15

What is EPA stand for?

Answer 15

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Question 16

What does EPA Do?

Answer 16

Approves efficacy of products used for
infection control
• EPA-registered number ensures product is safe and effective

Question 17

What is 2001 OSHA BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD?

Answer 17

Requires use of an EPA-registered disinfectant with an efficacy against HIV and HBV or tuberculocidal

Question 18

What is a MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS (MSDS)?

Answer 18

Provides key information on a specific product regarding ingredients, associated hazards, combustion levels and storage requirements

Question 19

What is sterilization?

Answer 19

Most effective level of infection control
• Kill or destroy all microbes
• Required only for implements used for invasive procedures

Question 20

What is a UV LIGHT STERILIZER?

Answer 20

Utilizes UV light to kill bacteria in a dry setting
• Used for storage of disinfected implements

Question 21

What is an AUTOCLAVE?

Answer 21

Pressurized, steam-heated vessel that sterilizes objects with high pressure and heat

Question 22

What is CHEMICLAVE?

Answer 22

Machine that sterilizes surgical instruments with high- pressure, high-temperature water vapor, alcohol vapor and formaldehyde vapor

Question 23

INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES SANITATION
ITEM

• Countertops • Sinks • Floors
• Toilets • Towels • Linens

• Your hands before each service
• Your hands and client’s hands and/or feet prior to hand or foot service

Answer 23

PROCEDURE

Question 24

INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES DISINFECTION

Item

• Tools and implements that have not come in contact with blood or body fluids
• Tools and implements that
  have come in contact with blood or body fluids

Answer 24

PROCEDURE

• Use broad-spectrum, EPA-registered bactericidal virucidal, fungicidal, pseudomonacidal disinfectant
• Use antibacterial, EPA-registered disinfectant effective against HIV and HBV or tuberculocidal

Question 25

INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES STERILIZATION

• Tools and implements that
are used to puncture or invade the skin

Answer 25

• Use a liquid sterilant and/or
moist or dry heat, calibrated
to various temperatures, to produce a microbe-free result on nonporous substances