Safety and Infection Control

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is concerned with:

• Proper Body Mechanics
• Causes, spread and control of diseases
• Reducing workplace injuries
• sales of drugs (pharmaceutical sales)

An endogenous disease originates inside the body. 

• True
• False

Medicaid is a health care plan for people with low income or physically disabled.

• True
• False

Airborne precautions are used for diseases transmitted by coming into contact with someone's skin. 

• True
• False

Diseases transmitted by airborne precautions.

• Chicken Pox, measles, tuberculosis.
• Cold, Flu, stomach virus.
• Stomach virus, HIV, flu.
• HIV, AIDS, cold.

What type of precautions should be observed for all healthcare workers at all times?

• Contact Precautions
• Airborne Precautions
• Standard Precautions
• Droplet Precautions

Which of the following refers to the amount of money a patient pays for a particular service regardless of the total cost of the service and is required by some health insurance plans?

• Deductible
• Co-payment
• Premium
• Co-insurance

What type of bacteria occurs in clusters?

• Streptococci
• Staphylococci
• Penicillin
• diplococci

Which government agency developed Standard Precautions?

• World Health Organization
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• OSHA
• Federal Drug Administration

Salmonella infection is spread by which mode of transmission?

• vectorborne

• foodborne

• airborne

• contact