Deck 10: Infection Control

Question 1

What is the term for microorganisms that cause damage by nourishing themselves at the expense of other living things?

A) Hosts
B) Parasites
C) Toxins
D) Symbiosis

Answer 1

Parasites

Question 2

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) is a bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is the principal purpose of a rise in body temperature?

A) Serves as a sign of infection
B) Higher temperature kills microorganisms
C) Heat required to produce white blood cells
D) Activates the immune response

Answer 3

Higher temperature kills microorganisms

Question 4

How does the body's immune response operate to fight infection?

A) Produces antibodies
B) Helps the body process medications
C) Suppresses the normal flora
D) Increases the number of resident flora

Question 5

Why are diseases caused by viruses often very difficult to treat?

A) They are difficult to identify.
B) They are obligate intracellular parasites.
C) They cannot be seen under the microscope.
D) They cannot be destroyed by antibiotics.

Question 6

Influenza ("the flu") is a minor disease that affects a few people each year.

Question 7

Any injury or accident that involves exposure to blood or body fluids should be followed by washing immediately.

Question 8

Hepatitis B is much more easily transmitted than HIV.

Question 9

Opportunistic infections are the result of infectious material carried by health care workers from one patient to another.

Question 10

Fungi cause annoying, but never life-threatening, infections.

Question 11

TB disease is when the bacteria live in the body without causing symptoms.

Question 12

Mental stress can affect the body's ability to fight infection.

Question 13

It is never necessary to change your gloves while you are working on the same patient, only when you move from one patient to another.

Question 14

What is the difference between medical and surgical asepsis?

A) Medical asepsis is used in physicians' offices; sterile asepsis is used in hospitals.
B) Sterile asepsis is used when serious infections are present.
C) Only medical asepsis involves handwashing.
D) Medical asepsis decreases pathogens; sterile asepsis eliminates pathogens.

Question 15

A specially fitted mask must be worn when working with AIDS or HIV positive patients.

Question 16

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducts visits at health care facilities in order to:

A) ensure employee safety.
B) license onsite laboratories.
C) provide vaccines for workers.
D) research the cause of diseases.

Question 17

Many yeasts and molds are harmless; some are beneficial.

Question 18

What is the most common reason that long-term antibiotic therapy can cause new infections?

A) Interferes with the body's immune response
B) Masks symptoms that then go untreated
C) Destroys the body's normal flora
D) Weakens the physiological state of the body

Question 19

Almost all bacteria can be destroyed by antibiotics.

Question 20

The number of hospitalized patients who get infections unrelated to the health problems that brought them to the hospital is increasing.

Question 22

Which of the following procedures is an example of medical asepsis?

A) Covering the face with a surgical mask
B) Wearing sterile gloves
C) Handwashing
D) Sterilizing instruments

Question 25

What is the correct way to handle a needle after it is used to give a vitamin injection to a healthy patient?

A) Discard it in a wastebasket with other trash after recapping it.
B) Discard it in a biohazard bag.
C) Sterilize it as soon as possible to avoid the possible spread of infection.
D) Place it immediately in a puncture-resistant container.

Question 26

Which of the following practices is essential to ensure effective handwashing technique?

A) Use only antimicrobial soap.
B) Always use lotion afterwards.
C) Do not touch faucets with bare hands.
D) Use water as hot as you can tolerate.

Question 27

All pathogens that are easily transmitted and have the potential to cause epidemics require the use of:

A) transmission-based precautions.
B) OSHA standards.
C) CDC first-alert precautions.
D) neutropenic precautions.

Question 29

Why are paper towels most appropriate for drying the hands in a health care facility?

A) Microorganisms can live in wet cloth towels.
B) Cloth towels are more expensive.
C) Paper towels are more convenient because they do not require laundering.
D) Paper dries the hands more quickly and effectively.

Question 30

What is the proper way to remove linen and other items from the room of a patient who is in isolation?

A) Dispose of items in special medical waste containers kept in the room.
B) Bag items once in the room, and then place them in second bag held outside the room.
C) Double-bag items before leaving the room.
D) Hand them to a coworker in the hall who does not enter the room.

Question 31

Against which of the following diseases can health care workers be protected by a vaccine?

A) AIDS
B) Hepatitis B
C) TB
D) No vaccine has been created for any of these diseases.

Question 34

When should medical assistants who work in private physicians' offices wear nonsterile gloves?

A) At all times
B) When there may be contact with body fluids or broken skin
C) Only when working with patients who have infections
D) When assisting physicians with minor surgeries

Question 35

What is the proper action to take if blood is splashed on a countertop during a procedure on a patient?

A) Clean the spill with an antiseptic as soon as possible.
B) Wipe it up with a paper towel.
C) Clean the spill as soon as possible with a disinfectant.
D) Scrub the area well after the patient leaves.

Question 37

When should health care professionals who are in direct contact with patients follow standard precautions?

A) When working with patients who have infections
B) At all times
C) Before and during surgical procedures
D) When coming on duty and after using the toilet

Question 38

Which of the following diseases is contracted by the highest number of health care workers each year?

A) AIDS
B) Hepatitis B
C) TB
D) AIDS, Hepatitis B, and TB each affect about the same number of workers.

Question 39

Which of the following is true about Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile ) ?

A) It is becoming less of a concern as it is easily treated.
B) It causes severe respiratory distress.
C) It causes life-threatening diarrhea.
D) It is a virus.

Question 42

Medications used to destroy harmful bacteria in or on the body are called ____________________.

Question 44

Botulism, a serious form of food poisoning, is caused by toxins produced by ____________________.

Question 46

The reservoir ____ included in the chain of infection is the place where a pathogen can live and grow.

Question 55

The _____ of infection is model of how infection spreads.

Question 57

The abbreviation for the U.S. government agency that studies the causes and distribution of diseases is the _____.

Question 58

The single most important practice for health care workers to prevent the spread of infection is ____________________.

Question 59

The three types of transmission-based precautions are ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Question 61

Common portals of _____ for infection include the mouth, nostrils, and breaks in the skin.

Question 62

Two diseases that cause the most risks today in countries outside the United States are _____ fever and _____ virus.

Question 63

Breaking at least ____ of the links in the chain of infection can stop an infectious disease.