Identifications/Listing

Question 1

7 Lab activities that produce aerosols are:

Answer 1

● Popping open blood tubes
● Quickly pouring off supernatant from a tube
● Forcefully ejecting specimens through a syringe
● Flaming a wet loop
● Centrifuges
● Pipettes
● Removing rubber stoppers from tubes

Question 2

The wrapper used in the moist heat autoclave should:

Answer 2

● Prevent contaminants from getting in during storage and handling.
● Be made of a material that will not tear easily
● Be made of a material not affected by the sterilization process
● Allow steam to penetrate it.

Question 3

5 Modes of Infection Transmission:

Answer 3

> Direct/Indirect

> Droplet

> Airborne

> Ingestion

> Inoculation

Question 4

4 reasons for the decline of an ageing body to fight infections are:

Answer 4

● Weakened skin facilitates entry of microorganisms into soft tissue and blood stream.
● Diminished lung capacity and reduced cough reflex.
● The protective mucosa lining the stomach becomes weakened.
● Poor nutritional intake compromises the immune system.

Question 5

1 in 5 people in the US who gets measles will be

Answer 5

hospitalized

Question 6

1 in 20 children with measles gets

Answer 6

Pneumonia

Question 7

1 out of every 1,000 people with measles will develop ___, that can lead to brain damage

Answer 7

Brain swelling

Question 8

3 out of 1,000 people with measles will ___, even with best care

Answer 8

Die