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Antimicrobials include antibiotics, antifungals, and antiviral medications

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Most infections caused by bacteria, fungi, or parasites can be treated effectively with antimicrobial drugs.

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Nosocomial infections are infections picked up in a health care setting.

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An anaerobic bacterium requires oxygen to grow.

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Medical Asepsis is a standard practice in health care institutions which kills germs before they enter the body.

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Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff. ) is normally present in the gastrointestinal tract of humans.

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An opportunistic infection is one that:

A. Ordinarily Causes Disease.
B. Re-emerges after an initial infection.
C. Is asymptomatic
D. Causes disease under certain circumstances

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D. Causes disease under certain circumstances

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Dust from linens, containing an infectious agent, is an example of which of the following modes of transmission in the chain of infection?

A. direct contact
B. droplet transmission
C. airborne transmission
D. vector transmission

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C. airborne transmission

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9
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In the chain of infection the host can be a:

A. person or animal
B. soil or water
C. food or feces
D. all of the above

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D. all of the above

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10
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Consider blood and all body fluids except ______ as potentially infectious.

A. tears
B. saliva
C. sweat
D. urine

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C. sweat

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Disinfection is which of the following?

A. removal of gross contaminants and some microorganisms from instruments and skin
B. the process of destroying all microorganisms including endospores and viruses.
C. more thorough removal of contaminants than sterilization but less through than sanitation.
D. uses a chemical substance that destroys or eliminates specific species of infectious microorganisms

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D. uses a chemical substance that destroys or eliminates specific species of infectious microorganisms

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12
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What is considered the body’s first line of defence against infections?

A. nose
B. intact skin
C. immune system
D. mouth

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B. intact skin

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Antiseptics compared with Disinfectants. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. antiseptics are bacteriostatic and disinfectants are bacteriocidal
B. antiseptics may not be used on the skin but disinfectants may be
C. an example of an antiseptic is bleach
D. an example of a disinfectant is alcohol

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A. antiseptics are bacteriostatic and disinfectants are bacteriocidal

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You should apply Standard Precautions at all times regardless of the patient’s age, gender, diagnosis or your level of familiarity with the patient..

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Match

  1. a substance that significantly reduces the bacterial population in an inanimate environment but does not destroy all bacteria or other microorganisims.
A. sterilization
B. Bacteriostatic
C. bacteriocidal
D. disinfectant
E. sanitizer
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E. sanitizer

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A chemical substance that destroys or eliminates specific species of infectious organisms. Is not usually effective against bacterial spores.

A. sterilization
B. Bacteriostatic
C. bacteriocidal
D. disinfectant
E. sanitizer
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D. disinfectant

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Killing microorganisms

A. sterilization
B. Bacteriostatic
C. bacteriocidal
D. disinfectant
E. sanitize
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C. bacteriocidal

18
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Process of destroying all microorganisms, including bacterial endospores and viruses. Highest level of cleanliness sterilization.

A. sterilization
B. Bacteriostatic
C. bacteriocidal
D. disinfectant
E. sanitize
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A. sterilization

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Reducing or inhibition the number of microorganisms

A. sterilization
B. Bacteriostatic
C. Bacteriocidal
D. disinfectant
E. sanitizer
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B. Bacteriostatic

20
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a distinct episode of an infection after recovery from an initial infection;may involve the same pathogens or different ones
1.
local infection

  1. systemic infection
  2. latent infection
  3. recurrent infection
  4. opportunistic infection
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4.

recurrent infection

21
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an infection in which the symptoms disappear and recur, but the disease -causing agent remains in the body.

  1. local infection
  2. systemic infection
  3. latent infection
  4. recurrent infection
  5. opportunistic infection
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3.

latent infection

22
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an infection that has spread to more than one region of the body

  1. local infection
  2. systemic infection
  3. latent infection
  4. recurrent infection
  5. opportunistic infection
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2.

systemic infection

23
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an infection that does not ordinarily cause disease but does so under certain circumstances

  1. local infection
  2. systemic infection
  3. latent infection
  4. recurrent infection
  5. opportunistic infection
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5.

opportunistic infection

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an infection that is confined to a specific region of the body

  1. local infection
  2. systemic infection
  3. latent infection
  4. recurrent infection
  5. opportunistic infection
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1.

local infection

25
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Viruses respond to antibiotics.

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