CMA Fall Semester Review P1

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When you prevent organisms from entering the body, it's

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surgical asepsis

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Is covering your mouth or nose when you cough or sneeze an example of medical asepsis?

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Yes

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In the chain of infection, an infection is in a reservoir host and then needs what to spread to another person or thing?

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portal of exit

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Once the infectious agent leaves the body through an exit portal, it is spread to another person by what?

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mode of transmission

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What are the four cardinal signs of infection? Select all that apply: heat, cold, pain, redness, swelling

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swelling

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True or False: Hand hygiene is a way to stop the spread of infection.

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True

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In the infection process, this term describes the term where a person is infected with a virus or bacteria, but no symptoms are present.

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incubation period

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Name the period of the infection process where symptoms are present but are very mild and non specific.

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prodromal period

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If a patient is vomiting, what type of precautions are used for that patient?

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contact precautions

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If a person has tuberculosis, what type of precautions are used?

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airborne precautions