IHC - QUIZ 2

Question 1

Absence of microorganisms

Answer 1

Asepsis

Question 2

Invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Answer 2

Infection

Question 3

Soiled with microorganisms

Answer 3

Contamination

Question 4

Inactive but viable state of microorganisms

Answer 4

Spores

Question 5

Free from microorganisms (boiling and autoclaving)

Answer 5

Sterile

Question 6

Ability to produce disease

Answer 6

Pathogenicity

Question 7

Pathogen that causes disease only to susceptible individuals

Answer 7

Opportunistic Pathogen

Question 8

Person or animal that harbors an infectious agent and capable of transferring it to other people (it does not produce symptoms, but you have it)

Answer 8

Carrier

Question 9

Presence of microorganisms in the body secretions or excretions that does not cause illness

Answer 9

Colonization

Question 10

Disease-causing microorganisms including bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites

Answer 10

Etiologic agent

Question 11

Differs from severity and signs and symptoms

Answer 11

Etiologic agent

Question 12

Place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible host

Answer 12

Reservoir

Question 13

when there is an opportunity to infect
human beings, animals, inanimate objects, plants, general environment (air, soil)

Answer 13

Reservoir

Question 14

After microorganism finds a site to grow and multiply, they need to find a portal of exit if they are to enter another host or cause disease

Answer 14

Portal of exit from reservoir

Question 15

example of ___________
sputum, emesis (vomit), stool, blood

Answer 15

Portal of exit from reservoir

Question 16

True or False:
You have to seldomly wear your gloves when cleaning discharges from patient

Answer 16

False: Always

Question 17

What type of portal of exit?
- Droplets, sputum

Answer 17

Respiratory

Question 18

What type of portal of exit?
- Vomitus, feces, saliva, drainage tubes

Answer 18

Gastrointestinal tract

Question 19

What type of portal of exit?
- Urine, urethral catheters

Answer 19

Urinary

Question 20

What type of portal of exit?
- Semen, vaginal discharge

Answer 20

Reproductive

Question 21

What type of portal of exit?
- Open wound, needle puncture site

Answer 21

Blood

Question 22

Immediate and direct transfer of microorganisms from person to person through touching, biting, kissing, or sexual intercourse

Answer 22

Contact Transmission: Direct

Question 23

Vehicle borne or vector borne

Answer 23

Contact Transmission: Indirect

Question 24

MRS. WEE?

Answer 24

Multidrug resistant program
Respiratory infection
Skin infection*
Wound infection
Enteric infection - clostridium difficile
Eye infection - conjunctivitis

Question 25

Skin Infections (VCHIPS)

Answer 25

Varicella zoster
Cutaneous diphtheria
Herpes simplex
Impetigo
Pediculosis
Scabies

Question 26

Any sustbance that serves as an intermediate means to transport and introduce an infectious agent into a susceptible host through a suitable portal of entry

Answer 26

INDIRECT - Vehicle-borne transmission

Question 27

Animal or flying or crawling insect that serves as an intermediate means of transporting the infectious agent, may occur by injecting salivary fluid during biting or by depositing feces or other materials on the skin through the bite wound or a traumatized skin area

Answer 27

INDIRECT - Vector-borne transmission

Question 28

Droplet nuclei or residue or evaporated droplets suspended in the air during coughing and sneezing or carried on dust particles. May involve droples or dust

Answer 28

Airborne Transmission

Question 29

Droplet nuclei, the residue of evaporated droplets emitted by an infected ost such as someone with tuberculosis, can remain in the air for long periods

Answer 29

Droplet Transmission

Question 30

Transmitted by air currents to a suitable portal of entry, usually, the respiratory tract, of another person

Answer 30

Droplet Transmission