HSF 17

A bacteriostatic solution:

• Kills all organisms it comes in contact with

• Provides a sterile environment

• Slows the growth of microorganisms

• Does nothing to clean things

Microorganisms cause illness by:

• causing allergic reactions

• producing toxins

• invading the cells

• all of the above

The liquid that flows through and around brain tissue is:

• amniotic fluid

• cerebrospinal fluid

• peritoneal fluid

• interstitial

The symptoms of a generalized infection include

• fever and increased pulse

• headache and fatigue

• redness and swelling

• fever, increased pulse, headache and fatigue

Disinfection is:

• the same as aseptic technique

• using chemicals to clean items to remove as many microorganisms as possible

• a process that has the potential to transmit disease

• a sterile condition found in the operating room

A bactericidal solution:

• provides a sterile environment

• Does nothing

• kills microorganisms

• slows the growth of microorganisms

Factors that affect the growth of microorganisms include:

• food, moisture, contaminated material, oxygen, and a host

• food, moisture, temperature, oxygen, parasites, and feces

• food, moisture, temperature, oxygen, host, and parasites

• food, moisture, temperature, oxygen, light, and dead and living matter

Standard precautions protect health care workers, visitors, and patient/clients from pathogens that are carried in:

• body fluids

• non-sterile equipment

• solutions

• contaminated foods

Which of the following are aseptic techniques?

• using sterile procedure when necessary

• proper handling of all equipment

• being clean and neat

• All of the answers

A host is described as:

• a disease-causing organism

• an organism from which the microorganism takes nourishment

• Someone who throws an awesome party

• an organism that can only live in oxygen