Lec 9 - Final Infection Control

Question 1

the key of infection control is not to just protect yourself but to blank

Answer 1

break the chain of infection

Question 2

three important things for infection control

Answer 2

barriers, cleaning, disinfection

Question 3

state of being free from all living organisms

Answer 3

sterile

Question 4

prevention of contact with microorganisms

Answer 4

asepsis

Question 5

agent that destroys disease causing pathogens or other harmful organisms but might not kill spores

Answer 5

disinfectant

Question 6

substance that prevents or arrests the growth or action of microbes by inhibiting their activity or destroying them…

Answer 6

antiseptic

Question 7

antiseptics are used especially for preparations applied topically to blank

Answer 7

living tissues

Question 8

disinfectants are used on blank

Answer 8

inanimate objects

Question 9

examples of antiseptics

Answer 9

hand soaps, iodines

Question 10

category of something that penetrates soft tissue, bone, or enters blood stream like scalpel, burs, periodontal scalers

Answer 10

critical

Question 11

category including mirror, condenser, impression trays, handpieces that contact mucous membranes but don’t penetrate tissue or touch blood

Answer 11

semicritical

Question 12

category that contacts skin like blood pressure cuff, pulse oximeter, radiograph head

Answer 12

noncritical