Module 3, Chapter 17 Med Asepsis

What is the name given to a tiny living plant or animal that cannot be seen with the naked eye?

A) Microorganism
B) Nonpathogen
C) Pathogen
D) Microbiology

What is the term used to describe a microorganism that produces disease?

A) Bacteria
B) Infection
C) Pathogen
D) Virus

Which of the following is not an example of a microorganism?

A) Bacteria
B) Autotroph
C) Protozoa
D) Virus

What is the term used to describe a microorganism that does not produce disease?

A) Normal flora
B) Pathogen
C) Aseptic
D) Nonpathogen

All of the following are growth requirements for microorganisms except:

A) Neutral pH
B) Moisture
C) Acidic environment
D) Darkness

What is the name given to a microorganism that can exist only in the presence of oxygen?

A) Heterotroph
B) Oxygenophile
C) Aerobe
D) Anaerobe

The optimal growth temperature is:

A) The temperature that kills pathogens
B) Room temperature
C) 98.6 F or body temperature
D) The temperature at which a microorganism grows best

Microorganisms can be transmitted through:

a) Water vapor from the lungs
b) Insects
c) Contaminated food
d) Contaminated equipment
e) All of the above

What is the name given to a person who cannot fight off a pathogen that has entered his or her body?

A) Susceptible host
B) Contagious
C) Resistant host
D) Reservoir host

All of the following make a person less resistant to a pathogen except:

A) Poor nutrition
B) Stress
C) Immunizations
D) Poor hygiene

Cilia remove pathogens from the body by:

A) Providing an acidic environment
B) Constantly beating toward the outside
C) Trapping microorganisms
D) Engulfing pathogens
e) All of the above

What is the term used to describe practices that help to keep an object or area clean and free from infection?

A) Sterilization
B) Medical asepsis
C) Disinfection
D) Surgical asepsis

Which of the following are picked up in the course of daily activities, are attached loosely to the skin, and are often pathogenic?

A) Transient flora
B) Normal flora
C) Opportunistic infections
D) Resident flora

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that washing the hands with soap and water be performed:

A) When the hands are visibly soiled
B) Before using the restroom
C) After eating
D) After taking a patient's blood pressure

All of the following are advantages of alcohol-based hand rubs except:

A) They do not require rinsing
B) Less time is required to perform hand hygiene
C) They contain emollients to prevent drying of the hands
D) They remove all resident flora from the skin

The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is to:

A) Reduce the risk to employees of exposure to infectious disease
B) Improve the quality of laboratory testing in the United States
C) Protect public health and the environment outside of the workplace
D) Prevent exposure of employees to bloodborne pathogens

What is the purpose of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act?

A) To reduce the chance of infection developing at the injection site
B) To ensure that an injection is administered correctly
C) To ensure the proper disposal of sharps
D) To reduce needlestick injuries among health care workers

All of the following are considered other potentially infectious materials except:

A) Semen
B) Tears and sweat
C) Any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood
D) Vaginal secretions

All of the following are examples of nonintact skin except:

A) Chapped skin
B) Bruised skin
C) Skin with dermatitis
D) Burned skin

Which of the following is an example of an exposure incident?

A) Splashing blood into your eyes
B) Sticking yourself with the needle after drawing up an injectable medication
C) Getting blood onto your bare hands
D) Spilling blood on a laboratory worktable
e) All of the above

How often does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration require employers to review and update their Exposure Control Plan?

A) Every 6 months
B) Only when a new procedure is instituted
C) Once a year
D) Every 2 years

What terms describes a device that makes an exposure incident involving a contaminated sharp less likely to occur?

A) Safer medical device
B) Postexposure prophylaxis
C) Personal protective equipment
D) Decontamination

What is the term used to describe a physical or mechanical device used to remove health hazards from the workplace?

A) Work practice control
B) Personal protective equipment
C) Engineering control
D) Universal precaution

All of the following are examples of work practice controls except:

A) Picking up broken glassware with gloved hands
B) Sanitizing the hands after removing gloves
C) Bandaging a cut on the hands before gloving
D) Placing a lancet in a biohazard sharps container

Which of the following is an example of personal protective equipment?

A) Biohazard sharps container
B) Clean disposable gloves
C) Prescription eyeglasses
D) Scrubs

Which of the following is a violation of the Occupationsl Safety and Health Administration standard?

A) Storing the Exposure Control Plan on the computer
B) Refusing to get the hepatitis B vaccination
C) Recapping a needle after withdrawing medication from a vial
D) Eating in the office laboratory
e) All of the above

What is the first thing you should do if a cut on your bare hand accidentally comes in contact with a patient's blood?

A) Report the incident to the physician
B) Wash your hands with soap and water
C) Apply gloves
D) Obtain a hepatitis B vaccination

Personal protective equipment must be used to:

A) Label a specimen container
B) Perform a vision screening test
C) Draw blood
D) Measure oral temperature
e) All of the above

Which of the following used items is not an example of regulated medical waste?

A) Suture needle
B) Urine testing strip
C) Microbiologic collection device
D) Gauze saturated with blood

Which of the following represents an error in technique when preparing regulated medical waste for disposal by an infectious waste service?

A) Closing the lid of a full sharps container in the examining room
B) Double bagging regulated medical waste
C) Placing a biohazard bag in a cardboard box and sealing it
D) Storing a biohazard box in the front office for pickup by the medical waste service

The most likely means of contracting hepatitis B in the health care setting is through"

A) Touching a patient infected with hepatitis B
B) Handling contaminated equipment
C) Contaminated food and water
D) Needlesticks and blood splashes

What is the immunization schedule for the hepatits B vaccine?

A) 0, 1 month, 2 months
B) 0, 6 months, 12 months
C) 0, 2 months, 4 months
D) 0, 1 month, 6 months

The most common side effect of the hepatits B vaccine is:

A) Soreness at the injection site
B) Nausea
C) Irritability
D) Hives

Patients with chronic hepatitis B face an increased risk of developing:

A) Rheumatic heart disease
B) Liver cancer
C) Gallstones
D) Pancreatitis

What is the most common means of transmission for hepatits C?

A) Coughs and sneezes from an infected person
B) Sexual intercourse
C) Mosquitoes
D) Sharing needles for illegal injection drug use

What is the term for an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend itself from pathogens normally found in the environment?

A) Seropositive
B) Opportunistic
C) Contagious
D) Autoimmunity

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by a"

A) Bacteria
B) Parasite
C) Fungus
D) Virus

Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectios disease to prevent the disease is known as:

A) Immunization
B) First aid measures
C) Postexposure prophylaxis
D) Antiviral drug therapy

Which of the following employees would be least likely to have an occupational exposure?

A) Law enforcement officer
B) Dental hygienist
C) Electrician
D) Medical laboratory technician

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cannot be transmitted through:

A) Blood splashes
B) Needlestick injuries
C) Sexual intercourse
D) Casual contact