standards & safety

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

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

Question 9

In the chain of infection the host can be a:

a) a person or animal
b) soil or water
c) food or feces
d) all of above

Answer 9

D

Question 10

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

a) tears
b) saliva
c) sweat
d) urine

Answer 10

C

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) a more thorough removal of contaminants than sterilization but less thorough than sanitation.
d) uses a chemical substance that destroys or eliminates specific species of infectious microorganisms.

Answer 11

D

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

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

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

Viruses respond to antibiotics

Answer 15

F

Question 16

a substance that significantly reduces the bacterial population in an inanimate environment but does not destroy all bacteria or other microorganisms.

Answer 16

sanitizer

Question 17

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

Answer 17

disinfectant

Question 18

killing microorganisms

Answer 18

bacteriocidal

Question 19

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

Answer 19

sterilization

Question 20

reducing or inhibiting the number of microorganisms

Answer 20

bacteriostatic

Question 21

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

Answer 21

latent infection

Question 22

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

Answer 22

local infection

Question 23

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

Answer 23

systemic infection

Question 24

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

Answer 24

recurrent infection

Question 25

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

Answer 25

opportunistic infection