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What are practices used by healthcare professionals to maintain a pathogen free environment and prevent the transmission of disease?

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aseptic techniques

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What is an OSHA regulation that protects employees from exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials?

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Bloodborne Pathogens Standards

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What are the elements required for an infection to spread from one source to another?

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Chain of infections

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What strains a bacterium that have adapted and are no longer controlled or killed by normal antibiotic treatment?

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durg resistant bacteria

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What is a OSHA regulation aimed at promoting awareness of hazardous substances and understanding of safe handling practices?

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Hazard Communication Standard

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What does HCS stand for?

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Hazard Communication Standard

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What is an infection that is not present when a patient is admitted to a hospital or healthcare facility but develops 48 hours or more after admission?

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healthcare associated infections (HAI)

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What does HAI stand for?

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Healthcare associated infections (HAI)

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What is the term for reasonable expectation for contact with blood potentially infectious during the performance of job duties?

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occupational exposure

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What is a disease causing mircourganism referred to as?

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pathogen

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What term refers to not susceptible; able to survive in negative conditions?

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resistant

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What is an OSHA required document that explains the hazards of chemical products?

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Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

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Wat does SDS stand for?

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Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

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What is the heightened care techniques that are performed in addition to standard precauions based on how the patient’s infection is spread?

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transmission based precautions

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Which organization is dedicated to improving access to high quality healthcare?

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Aetna Foundation

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What term refers to when professionals recommend diagnostic tests that are not necessary in order to protect themselves from a possible malpractice lawsuit?

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defensive medicine

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What term refers to when test suggesting cancer or other conditions is present when its not?

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false positive

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What does JAMA stand for?

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Journal of the American Medical Association

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What does USPSTF stand for?

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US Preventice Sevrice Task Force

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What does NCT stand for?

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Nuclear cardiology Technology

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What form of medical imagining screens for breast cancer?

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mammographies

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What does ARRT stand for?

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American Registry of Radiologic Technologist

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When does a biennial renewal happen?

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every other year

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What grants a healthcare worker permission to operate within a specific scope of practice?

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licensure

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What does HIV stand for?
immunodeficiency virus
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What does AIDS stand for?
Immune deficiency syndrome
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What does HBV stand for?
Hepatitis B
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What does HCV stand for?
Hepatitis C
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What plan trains employees at isk for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
written exposure
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What year was the Federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act passed?
2000
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When did congress pass the Medical Waste Tracking Act?
1988
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What act empowers OSHA to investigate workplaces strokes and disposal methods for medical waste?
The Medical Waste Tracking Act
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What does HCS stand for?
Hazard Communication Standard
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What standard is aimed at promoting awareness about safe handling of hazardous substances?
Hazard Communication Standard
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What chemcial often used to diagnostic tests to trigger desired chemical reactions?
reagents
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What was the safety data sheet formerly known as?
material safety data sheet
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What does SDS stand for?
safety data sheet
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What does MSDS stand for?
material safety data sheet
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When was the Clinical Laboratory Improvement act passed?
1988
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What are infections caused by?
mircoorganisms
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What term refers to one celled organisms that come in three types determined by shape?
bacteria
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How many types of bacteria are there, and what are their names?
3 types; cocci,bacilli and spirilla
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What are non living pathogens that invade living cells and use their metabolis processes to reproduce?
virus
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What are plantlike organisms referred to as?
fungi
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What are animals that live in infected water suppiles or decaying organic matter referred to as?
protozoa
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What is the pathogen causing the infection refered to as?
infectious agent
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What term refers to the place where the pathogens live?
reservoir
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What term refers to contaminated objects?
fomites
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What method used heat to kill pathgens that cause foodborne illnesses?
pasteurization
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Where does the pathogen leave its reservoir from?
portal of exit
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What term describes how a pathogen moves from its reservoir to a new host?
mode of transmission
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What is achieved through touching?
direct contact
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What occurs through a fomite?
indriect contact
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What is a way for the pathogen to enter a new reservoir or host?
portal of entry
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What term refers to anyone who can contract a disease?
susceptible host
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Which type of infections take advantage of weak immune systems?
opportunistic infections
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What type of bacteria are created when antibiotics are used inappropriately?
drug resistant bacteria
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What does MRSA stand for?
methicilin resistant staphylococcus aureus
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What does VRE stand for?
Vancomycin reisstant enterococcus
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What does TB stand for ?
tuberculosis
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What does MDR TB stand for?
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis
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What does XDR TB stand for?
extensively durg resistant tubercolosis
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What were healthcare associated infections formerly known as?
nosocomial infetcions
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What type of technqiue uses sterilization to prevent the introduction of pathogens during invasive procedures?
sterile techniques
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What campaign is aimed at presenting another cause of bloodborne infections injuries from sharps?
Stop Sticks
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What does SARS stand for?
Servers acute respiratory syndrome
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What does AIIR stand for?
airborne Infections isolation room

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