Mideterm Flashcards
Asepsis
Clean
CDC
Center for disease control Protects the public
What does M.S.D.S
Material standard data sheet
Non-critical
Not typically used in the mouth but they are sterilized
Describe the care of hand pieces after use and then after sterilizing and oiling
Read the manufacture, oil before and after and flush before oral care
List the different shapes of bacteria
Cocci(chains), bacilli (rod shaped), spirochetes (spirals)
OPIM
Other potentially infectious material
This means semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, and any body fluid that is visibly contaminated by blood. Also, unfixed tissues or organs from a human (living or dead) and certain research lab artifacts
Sepsis
Dirty
Should double gloving ever be performed?
Only when needing to write down notes or to grab something from the drawer or 2x2 gauze
Where should amalgam scraps be be stored?
Under water
Most exposure to an infection occurs how?
Droplet/ indirect (Parenteral)
Write the criteria for transferring one chemical into another container as far as labeling
MSD information
How do you re cap a needle
One handing technique or with a recapping device
List the diseases that are viral
HBV, HCV, HAV, HDV, HEV, HIV, herpes
List diseases that are bacterial
T.B., Syphilises, gonorrhea, tetanus, legionnaire, candidiasis
Is glutaraldehye a surface disinfectant
False
What is the common error when biological monitoring fails
Operator error
How often is the ultrasonic cleaner changed ?
Daily
Who is responsible for making sure the MSDS are in the office who make sure they are provided with each product
The dentist or the manufacture
What is the recommended time to change a mask?
Masks should be changed every hour or 20 minutes in the presence of aerosol
List PPE and what do you know about each one
Gloves, masks, eyewear, lab coat, scrubs, shoes/socks
Spore
Is the inactive form that this bacteria take to enable them to withstand unfavorable conditions such as heat drying and many chemical compounds
What is the blood-borne pathogen’s that you’re least likely to contract and the one you’re most likely to contract
Least likely- HIV
Most likely- hepatitis B
Can herpes simplex cause blindness
Yes it’s Called herpetic conjunctivitis
Universal precaution
And approach to infection control that considers all patients and all human blood and certain other body fluids to be infected with HIV and HBV
Antigen
Substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of antibody
Anti-bodies
Immunoglobulins produced by lymphoid tissue’s in response to a foreign substance
Carrier
Insurance company that pays the claims and collects premiums
Glutaraldehyde
Environmental protection agency registered high-level disinfect
Non critical
Item that comes into contact with intact skin only
Semi critical
Item that comes in contact with oral tissue but does not penetrate soft tissue or bone
Sodium hypochlorite
Surface disinfectant, commonly known as household bleach
Infectious
(of a disease or disease-causing organism) likely to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc., through the environment
Biological monitoring
is the measurement and assessment of workplace agents or their metabolites either in tissues, secreta, excreta, expired air or any combination of these to evaluate exposure and health risk compared to an appropriate reference.
Ambidextrous
(of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well.
Describe Hepatitis B, symptoms and transmission
Causes liver cancer cirrhosis of the liver failure of the liver and even death
Can have no symptoms, but people may experience:
Pain areas: in the abdomen
Pain types: can be mild
Skin: web of swollen blood vessels in the skin or yellow skin and eyes
Whole body: fatigue, feeling tired, loss of appetite, or malaise
Gastrointestinal: fluid in the abdomen or nausea
Also common: dark urine, itching, or swelling
Transmission - Direct contact hand piece spray an accidental needlestick or infection from handing contaminated instruments
Hepatitis A
Least serious
Persons to person by oral fecal routes
Hepatitis C
High carrier status transmitted through blood transfusion percutaneously(through the skin)
Sharing needles
Hepatitis D
Defective virus that cannot replicate itself with HBV
Hepatitis E
Not a concern same as hepatitis A
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Bodies immune system breaks down AIDS is cause by HIV spread through sexual contact, needle sharing
Herpes simplex 1
Highly contagious Cause sores on the lips called fever blisters or cold sores lasts 7-14days
Herpes simplex 2
Genital herpes
Sexually transmitted only during an outbreak
Can be transmitted mother to child during child birth
How often do we biological monitoring
Weekly
