Recognize infectious disease and their relationship to patient and occupational risk

Question 1

Identify modes of disease transmission

Answer 1

1) Virulence
2) Concentration (numbers)
3) Host resistance
4) Portal of entry

Question 2

Virulence

Answer 2

Describes the ability of the pathogen to overcome the individuals body defenses and cause disease

Question 3

Concentration

Answer 3

Refers to the number of pathogens that are present. The more pathogen’s that are present, the better their chances of overwhelming the host and producing disease.

Question 4

Host resistance

Answer 4

Is the ability of the human body to resist a pathogen.

Question 5

Portal of entry

Answer 5

Refers to the method by which the pathogen enters the body

Question 6

Acute infection

Answer 6

Symptoms often are severe and usually appear soon after the initial infection and a curse have short duration

Question 7

Chronic infection

Answer 7

Are those in which the micro organism is present for a long duration

Question 8

Latent infection

Answer 8

Is a persistent infection in which the symptoms come and go example cold sores and General herpes

Question 9

Opportunistic infection

Answer 9

Which are caused by normally non-pathogenic organisms occur in individuals who is resistance is decreased or compromised

Question 12

Direct transmission

Answer 12

Occurs through person-to-person contact

Question 15

Aerosol, spray, or splatter

Answer 15

That are generated during dental treatment can contain blood saliva and nasal secretions

Question 16

Parenteral transmission

Answer 16

Means through the skin, as with cuts or punctures.

Question 17

Blood-borne transmission

Answer 17

Are carried in the blood and bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Question 18

Food and water transmission

Answer 18

I contaminated food that has not been cooked a refrigerated properly.

Question 19

Fecal-oral transmission

Answer 19

Can occur from not properly washing hands after using the restroom

Question 20

Naturally acquired immunity

Answer 20

Occurs when a person has previously contracted a disease and recovered

Question 21

Artificially acquired immunity

Answer 21

Vaccinated

Question 22

Patient to dental team

Answer 22

Micro organisms from the patient’s mouth can be passed to the dental team

Question 23

Dental team to patient

Answer 23

If a team member has a cut or cold to properly cover themselves

Question 24

Patient to patient

Answer 24

The use of contaminated instruments on another patient

Question 25

Inhalation

Answer 25

Breathing aerosols generated from handpieces or the air water syringe or the uncovered ultrasonic cleaning device.

Question 26

Ingestion

Answer 26

Swallowing droplets of blood or saliva splattered into the mouth bare hands come in to contact with contaminated surfaces or items and the hands then handle food items

Question 28

Indirect

Answer 28

First are transmitted to an object or surface and then our transferred to another person who touches those objects or surfaces

Question 30

Droplet/ airborne

Answer 30

Contact with infectious lesions or infected blood and or saliva

Question 31

Hepatitis B immunization

Answer 31

OSHA requires the dentist to offer the heck the virus series to all employees whose jobs include category one in category two tasks