NUR101 CH 16

Question 1

The most effective way to destroy all types of microorganisms is to:

Answer 1

expose them to moist heat at a high temperature for 16 to 20 minutes.

Question 2

An LPN is going in for her annual review. She is told to stop by employee health to get a hepatitis B shot. This is providing the employee with what type of immunity?

Answer 2

Artificially acquired immunity

Question 3

Brenda is a student nurse observing and assisting in the operating room. In to maintain surgical asepsis, she must:

Answer 3

maintain sterile technique while in the operating room.

Question 4

antibiotic

Answer 4

chemical substance that can alter the growth or kill bacterial organisms.

Question 5

antispetic

Answer 5

chemical compound that is used on skin or tissue to inhibit the growth or eliminate micro-organisms

Question 6

disinfectant

Answer 6

solutions containing chemical compounds that kill or inactivate nearly all micro-organisms; used only on inanimate objects

Question 7

microorganism

Answer 7

organism only visible under microscope

Question 8

pathogen

Answer 8

micro-organisms capable of producing disease

Question 9

bacteria

Answer 9

single-celled micro-organisms that reproduce from every few minutes up to several weeks

Question 10

antimicrobial

Answer 10

killing or suppressing growth on micro-rganisms

Question 11

asepsis

Answer 11

the practice of making the environment and objects free of micro-organisms

Question 12

medical asepsis

Answer 12

reducing the number of microorganisms present or reducing the risk for transmission

Question 13

surgical asepsis

Answer 13

most microorganisms are destroyed-sterilization

Question 14

prion

Answer 14

protein particles that do not trigger an immune response, but cause degenerative neurological disease.

Question 15

virus

Answer 15

very small microorganisms that grow and replicate only within a living cell, triggering an immune reaction or otherwise damage cells