W/L Ch 9 Infection Control Quiz Flashcards
The person to whom the infectious agent is passed is a(n) _____________.
a. fomite
b. host
c. pathogenic
d. iatrogenic
b. host
Which of the following terms describes the complete destruction or elimination of all living microorganisms?
a. Medical asepsis
b. Sterilization
c. Vaccine
d. Asepsis
b. Sterilization
What is the most important way to prevent the spread of infection?
a. Hand washing
b. Wearing gloves
c. Using a gown
d. Using chemical disinfectants
a. Hand washing
Which of the following is the ability of an infectious agent to cause clinical disease?
a. Virulence
b. Incubation
c. Pathogenicity
d. Convalescence
c. Pathogenicity
CDC stands for the _________________________.
a. Cancer Diagnostic Centers
b. Center for Diagnosis of Cancer
c. Cancer Domain Center
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Which of the following describes sources of nosocomial infections?
a. Carpet in a radiation oncology department
b. Fresh or dried flowers
c. Pen used to apply marks used on all patients
d. Both b and c
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
Which of the following chemical methods of asepsis is applied to the skin?
a. Disinfectant
b. Antiseptic
c. Both a and b
d. All of the above
b. Antiseptic
All of the following statements describe the use of Standard Precautions except which of the following?
a. Wear gloves when touching blood and body fluids.
b. No hand washing is necessary if using gloves.
c. Use mouthpieces when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
d. Never recap used needles.
b. No hand washing is necessary if using gloves.
Recommended vaccines for health care workers include all except which of the following?
a. Hepatitis B
b. Varicella
c. Measles, mumps, rubella
d. Annual influenza
e. All of the above vaccines are recommended.
e. All of the above vaccines are recommended.
The agency that mandates the minimum level of respiratory protection in caring for those with tuberculosis is known as what?
a. WHO
b. NCI
c. JRC
d. OSHA
d. OSHA
Contact spread can be ____________________.
a. airborne or direct
b. droplet or indirect
c. direct only
d. both direct or indirect
e. indirect only
d. both direct or indirect
When should gloves be worn?
a. When handling the hand pendant
b. When blood and body fluids are present
c. Instead of washing hands all day
d. All of the above
b. When blood and body fluids are present
Nosocomial infections affect which of the following?
a. Patients
b. Health care workers
c. The public
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
Which of the following is the term used to indicate the number of antibodies present in a blood sample?
a. Vaccine
b. Titers
c. Pathogens
d. Antibiotics
b. Titers
Which of the following is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in the human population?
a. Epidemiology
b. Colonization
c. Nosocomial
d. Virulence
a. Epidemiology
Infection cycle includes all except which of the following?
a. Transmission
b. Incubation
c. Natural immunity
d. Convalescence
c. Natural immunity
A person who is colonized but not ill is known as a ________________.
a. host
b. carrier
c. vector
d. fomite
b. carrier
What are the five transmission routes that carry disease?
a. Airborne, vector-borne, contact, droplet, common vehicle
b. Airborne, vector-borne, indirect, subdirect, droplet
c. Airway, vector-borne, contact, blood-borne common vehicle
d. Airway, vector-borne, contact, drippings, common vehicle
a. Airborne, vector-borne, contact, droplet, common vehicle
What is the most reliable, available, and economical method of destroying microorganisms?
a. Gas
b. Liquid
c. Heat
d. Radiation
c. Heat
Hepatitis B is a virus transmitted mainly through which of the following?
a. Contact with blood and body fluids
b. Indirect contact with airborne droplets
c. Direct contact with respiratory droplets
d. Common vehicle or fomite exposure
a. Contact with blood and body fluids
An OSHA-approved respiratory mask is required for use by health care workers at high risk of being exposed to which of the following?
a. Hepatitis B
b. Hepatitis C
c. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
d. Tuberculosis (TB)
d. Tuberculosis (TB)
A marker used to apply marks on a patient’s skin should not be used on multiple patients to help prevent which of the following?
a. Transmission of disease
b. Drying out of markers
c. Confusion about color-specific field parameters
d. Skin permeability resistance
a. Transmission of disease
Disease communicated through water supply is an example of which route of transmission?
a. Contact
b. Airborne
c. Fomite
d. Droplet
c. Fomite
Following an accidental needle stick where exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is possible, which of the following is the most appropriate first response?
a. Complete an incident report.
b. Apply bleach to the punctured area.
c. Squeeze the wound to make it bleed.
d. Decontaminate by using soap and water.
d. Decontaminate by using soap and water.
When should Standard Precautions be used?
a. When exposure to blood is likely
b. When exposure to saliva is likely
c. During all patient care procedures
d. During patient procedures requiring sterile asepsis
c. During all patient care procedures
