Safety Quizz

Question 1

Antimicrobials include antibiotics, antifungals, and antiviral medications

Answer 1

T

Question 2

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

Answer 2

T

Question 3

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

Answer 3

T

Question 4

An anaerobic bacterium requires oxygen to grow.

Answer 4

F

Question 5

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

Answer 5

F

Question 6

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

Answer 6

T

Question 7

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

Answer 7

D. Causes disease under certain circumstances

Question 8

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

Answer 8

C. airborne transmission

Question 9

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

Answer 9

D. all of the above

Question 10

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

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

Answer 10

C. sweat

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

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

Answer 12

B. intact skin

Question 13

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

Answer 13

A. antiseptics are bacteriostatic and disinfectants are bacteriocidal

Question 14

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

Answer 14

T

Question 15

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

Answer 15

E. sanitizer

Question 16

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

Answer 16

D. disinfectant

Question 17

Killing microorganisms

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

Answer 17

C. bacteriocidal

Question 18

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

Answer 18

A. sterilization

Question 19

Reducing or inhibition the number of microorganisms

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

Answer 19

B. Bacteriostatic

Question 20

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

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

Answer 20

4.

recurrent infection

Question 21

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

Answer 21

3.

latent infection

Question 22

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

Answer 22

2.

systemic infection

Question 23

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

Answer 23

5.

opportunistic infection

Question 24

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

Answer 24

1.

local infection

Question 25

Viruses respond to antibiotics.

Answer 25

F