Deck 1: Introduction to Infection Control

Question 1

Which of the following diseases has no vaccine and no cure?

A)AIDS
B)Hepatitis A
C)Hepatitis B
D)Influenza

Answer 1

AIDS

Question 2

Which ancient civilization built an elaborate system of aqueducts, which helped to promote health and sanitation?

A)Roman empire
B)France
C)Scotland
D)Greece

Answer 2

Roman empire

Question 3

Which of the following created germ theory?

A)Semmelweis
B)Pasteur
C)Lister
D)Hippocrates

Answer 3

Pasteur

Question 4

How did Ignaz Semmelweis die?

A)Suicide
B)Heart attack
C)Infection
D)Stroke

Question 5

Which of the following wrote of the dangers posed by stagnant water and expressed the importance of good hygiene?

A)Semmelweis
B)Hippocrates
C)Pasteur
D)Lister

Question 6

Which of the following had a second-generation genetically engineered synthetic vaccine approved in 1986?

A)AIDS
B)Hepatitis A
C)Hepatitis B
D)Hepatitis C

Question 7

How many new occupational HBV infections were reported in 1983?

A)Fewer than 400
B)401-1,000
C)1,001-5,000
D)More than 5,000

Question 8

The risk of HIV after short-term exposure to intact skin is:

A)nil
B)0.1 percent
C)0.3 percent
D)0.5 percent

Question 9

How many Americans are infected with Hepatitis C?

A)400,000
B)800,000
C)1.5 million
D)2.7 million

Question 10

Studies have shown that one percent of hospital health care personnel (compared to three percent of the general population)have evidence of which of the following?

A)AIDS
B)Hepatitis A
C)Hepatitis B
D)Hepatitis C

Question 11

Which of the following developed a process in which controlled heating helped to preserve various food products?

A)Semmelweis
B)Hippocrates
C)Pasteur
D)Lister

Question 12

Where is HIV of greatest concern currently?

A)Prehospital setting
B)Hospital setting
C)Developing countries
D)Tattoo parlors

Question 13

What percentage of health care professionals do NOT show evidence of HCV infection?

A)93
B)95
C)97
D)99

Question 14

Which of the following discovered that hand washing seemed to decrease the incident of death due to infection following the childbirth in the mid-1800s?

A)Semmelweis
B)Hippocrates
C)Pasteur
D)Lister

Question 15

Which disease, which was introduced to the American public in the 1980s resulted in health care professionals starting to wear gloves?

A)AIDS
B)Hepatitis A
C)Hepatitis B
D)Hepatitis C

Question 16

In 13 th -century France, which parts of the body were kept relatively clean?

A)Hands and feet
B)Hands and mouth
C)Feet and face
D)Head and neck

Question 17

Which of the following terms describes the degree of an agent's ability to cause a disease?

A)Airborne transmission
B)Prophylaxis
C)Virulence
D)Pandemic

Question 18

Which of the following diseases affects the liver?

A)AIDS
B)Hepatitis B
C)Tuberculosis
D)Influenza

Question 19

What percent of needlestick/cut exposures to HIV-infected blood lead to infection?

A)0.3
B)1.3
C)3
D)30

Question 20

Which of the following describes an occupational exposure?

A)Performing bystander chest compressions at a sports event
B)Using an AED at an outdoor concert
C)Starting an IV line at a nursing home
D)Having blood splattered in your eye at a motor vehicle collision