Infection Control

What are Pathogens?

• Any living organisms that are too small to see with the eye
• Living things that cause disease
• The means by which diseases are transmitted
• Any medications used to treat a disease

Pathogens are most likely to grow in places that are:

• sterile.
• antiseptic.
• bright and dry.
• moist and dark.

A bedpan that becomes contaminated by a patient's excretions is an example of a:

• carrier.
• portal of entry.
• fomite.
• pathogen.

If a transmission of a disease involves an intermediate host such as a flea or mosquito, the transmission is called:

• direct.
• airborne.
• indirect.
• vector-borne.

A nosocomial infection is one that:

• is acquired as a result of being in a health care facility.
• is transmitted by infectious droplets.
• cannot be transmitted from one person to another.
• restricts the body's immune response.

In a health care facility, a set of linens is called clean only  if it:

• has been sterilized.
• contains no microorganisms.
• is not contaminated by pathogens.
• has never been used before.

You should use standard precautions when:

• a patient is known to be infectious.
• a patient has a broken bone.
• treating elderly patients.
•  treating any patient.

To be certain that all microorganisms on an item have been killed, the item should be:

• washed in hot water.
• disinfected.
• cleaned with strong detergents.
• sterilized

Which of the following techniques does not promote medical asepsis?

• Washing your hands before performing a procedure
• Cleaning all reusable equipment before performing a procedure
• Holding food trays away from your body
• Sitting on a patient's bed

Hand washing is a:

• Standard precaution.
• Transmission-based Precaution.