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NAVEDTRA 14295B CH 9 Flashcards

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What is defined as the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes?

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Sanitation

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What is any animal capable of transmitting pathogens or producing human or animal discomfort or injury called?

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Vector

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What are organisms (insects, rodents, snakes, etc.) that adversely affect military operations and the well-being of man and animal; attack real property, supplies, and equipment; or are otherwise undesirable?

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Pests

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4
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What series addresses the requirements for food service training?

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SECNAVINST 4061.1

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What are vaccines used to protect Navy and Marine Corps personnel against certain diseases before exposure to infection called?

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Prophylactic immunizations

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What sets the minimum standards that immunizations procured for the Armed Forces are required to meet?

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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What are diseases that may be transmitted from a carrier to a susceptible host called?

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Communicable

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8
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What series sets drinking water standards for both ashore and afloat U.S. Naval establishments worldwide?

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BUMEDINST 6240.1

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9
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What is the spent water of a ship, base, industrial plant, or other activity called?

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Wastewater

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10
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In 2008, infections accounted for an estimated 1.7 million infections and how many associated deaths in American hospitals alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?

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99,000

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11
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What is the state of being free of pathogenic organisms called?

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Asepsis

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What is the number of micro-organisms contaminating an object referred to as?

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Bioburden

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What is a diagnostic test of a prevacuum sterilizer’s ability to remove air from the chamber and detect air leaks?

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Bowie-Dick Type Test

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What is the reproduction and growth of micro-organisms in living tissue cells or on a nutrient medium called?

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Culture

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What is an infection resulting from treatment in a hospital that is secondary to the patient’s original condition called?

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Nosocomial Infection

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What is a process that destroys all types and forms of micro-organisms called?

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Sterilization

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What is the quantity of materials or supplies required to treat a single patient called?

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Unit dose

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18
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What is the study of micro-organisms called?

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Microbiology

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What are disease producing organisms said to be?

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Pathogenic

20
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What are micro-organisms that are much smaller than bacteria called?

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Viruses

21
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What are single-celled animals that do not have a rigid cell wall called?

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Protozoa

22
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What is one of the most important procedures in preventing the transfer of micro-organisms from one person to another?

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Hand washing

23
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What is an effective antiseptic for reducing transient and resident microbial hand flora, and has a sustained antimicrobial effect?

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Chlorhexidine gluconate

24
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What are water soluble complexes of iodine with organic compounds that are effective against all gram- positive and gram-negative bacteria and viruses?

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Iodophors

25
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Waterless hand washing agents contain 70 percent isopropyl alcohol and virtually disinfect the skin in how many seconds?

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20

26
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Washing increases the protective nature of gloves up to what percent?

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60

27
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What are the highest quality, most expensive, and best fitting gloves?

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Sterile Surgical

28
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What type of gloves offer the highest quality and best fit at a greatly reduced cost when sterile surgical gloves are not required?

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Procedural

29
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What type of gloves are the least expensive type of non-sterile gloves that are commonly used in routine procedures?

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Latex examination

30
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What is a stiff, thin, woven mask used for simple procedures for protection from splashing and aerosols?

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Cone mask

31
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What is a lightweight, nose-and-mouth respirator that can provide some level of protection for the wearer from viruses and small particles?

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N95 Respirator

32
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What are the second tier of infection prevention precautions?

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Transmission-based

33
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What precautions are used for patients infected with microorganisms spread by coughing, sneezing, or talking such as influenza virus, adenovirus and rhinovirus?

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Droplet

34
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All active duty healthcare personnel will be tested for HIV every two years and tuberculosis testing and/or screening on what basis?

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Annual

35
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What describes those practices used to prevent the transfer of pathogenic organisms from person to person, place to place, or person to place?

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Medical asepsis

36
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For DTRs, at the beginning of the day flush each of the unit water lines and hoses for at least 1 minute, even if their use is not anticipated and flush for at least how many seconds between patients?

A

30

37
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Potable water supplies may contain up to 100 bacterial colony forming units per millimeter (cfu /ml), and water in dental units, at times, can contain in excess of how many cfu/ml?

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1,000,000

38
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Up to what percent will three 10-second rinses with mouthwash temporarily reduce a patient’s microbial count by?

A

97

39
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What is a liquid or solid waste containing pathogens in sufficient numbers and of sufficient virulence to cause infectious disease in susceptible hosts exposed to the waste?

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Infectious waste

40
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What should used disposable sharps, such as needles, scalpel blades, capsules, disposable syringes, used burs, and broken instruments be treated as?

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Regulated waste

41
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f the HM is in an area where infectious waste cannot be treated on-site, do not store without refrigeration for more than how many days?

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7

42
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Remove any blood or fluid spills with an absorbent material and disinfect the area with a solution of household bleach diluted to what amount with clear water or an EPA approved disinfectant?

A

1:10

43
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What is the term that describes the sterilization, storage, and handling of articles to keep them free of pathogenic organisms?

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Surgical aseptic technique

44
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The use of what in the operating room is the LEAST DESIRABLE method of cleaning?

A

Mops

45
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What reduces resident and transient skin flora (bacteria) to a minimum?

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Surgical hand scrub

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