Prevention / Control

Question 0

Bioterrorism agent

Category B

Answer 0

Moderately easy to disseminate
Moderate to low morbidity rates
require CDC’s diagnostic capacity and disease surveillance

Examples water safety food safety Q fever typhus fever Ricin toxin

Question 1

Bioterrism agent

Classification A

Answer 1

High priority agents pose a risk to national security
Easily transmitted person to person
High mortality rates
Major public health impact special action for public health preparedness

Examples anthrax botulism plague smallpox tularemia

Question 2

Bioterrorism agent

Category C

Answer 2

Emerging pathogens that could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of availability is a production potential for high morbidity and mortality

Question 3

Anthrax

Answer 3

Not transmitted from person to person
must follow standard precautions
treat with antibiotics for six weeks

Question 4

What is Brucella

Answer 4

Transmitted from person to person by contact with draining lesions tissue transplantation and sexual contact

standard precautions
use PPE when caring for patients that have lesions

Question 5

What is botulism

Answer 5

Not transmitted person-to-person follow

standard precautions

Question 6

What is Cholora

Answer 6

Transmitted by drinking water or food that has been contaminated with feces

standard precautions

Question 7

What is Glanders

Answer 7

Spread person a person through skin abrasions nasal and oral Makossa services or by inhalation
Standard precautions

Question 8

What is plague

Answer 8

Pneumonic plague transmitted person-to-person by a respiratory droplets standard precautions plus droplet for 72 hrs
Mask within 3 feet of patient
private room

Question 9

What is Q fever

Answer 9

Standard precautions

person-to-person transmission is very rare

Question 10

What is ricin

Answer 10

Not transmitted person-to-person

standard precautions

Question 11

What is smallpox

Answer 11

Airborne and contact with negative pressure room transmitted
person a person by respiratory or aerosolization
patient is infectious until all scabs have separated

Question 12

What is Tularemia

Answer 12

NOT transmitted person to person
Standard precautions
Lamaur Christmas where I protection surgical gloves protective down shoe covering when working with pure bacterial cultures

Question 13

Seven factors of sterilization

Answer 13

Duration of exposure
Number and location of micro organisms
resistance of micro organisms concentration
potency of disinfectants
physical & chemical factors organic and inorganic matter
Biofilm

Question 14

Categories of micro organisms that are resistant to germicidal sterilization processes
GROUP A

Answer 14

Group a comprises a vegetative bacterial cells, fungi, lipophillic viruses which are the easiest to kill

Question 15

Categories of micro organisms resistant to germicides and sterilization
GROUP B

Answer 15

Group B includes tubercle bacilli and hydrophilic viruses which are more difficult to kill

Question 16

Categories of micro organisms that are resistant to germicides and sterilization processes
GROUP C

Answer 16

Group C includes bacterial spores such as bacillus & Clostridum.
The destruction of sports require high concentrations and long contacts on for most sporadical disinfectants

Question 17

Parameters of steam sterilization

Answer 17

Pressure
Temperature- 250 F (121C) or 272 F (133C)
Time
Moisture- 100% humidity

Gravity sterilizes in CSP at PMH

Question 18

High speed vacuum sterilizes

Answer 18

Vacuum pump removes the air fri the chamber before the stream is admitted, reducing the penetration time and total cycle time

Question 19

VAP prevention

Answer 19

Elevate HOB 30-45 degrees
Daily sedative interruption and assessment of readiness to extubate
Peptic ulcer disease prophylaxis
Daily oral care with CHG
 DVT prophylaxis