Infectio Control

Use of disinfectants as hand cleaners can cause skin irritation and allergy.

• True
• False

Which PPE would be used for a patient on contact precautions?

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Which of the following indicates infection?

• heat, pain, swelling

• redness, heat,

  swelling, pain

• redness, pus, heat, swelling, pain

What is the single most effective way to break the chain of infection?

• handwashing
• sterilization
• cleaning surfaces
• nutrition

what is the purpose of OSHA

• Make safety standards
• Inspect facilities
• enforce safety standards
• all of these

Ringworm is caused by

• Virus
• Fungi
• protozoa
• helminth

What is a pathogen

• a doctor who specializes in curing diseases
• microbe that are beneficial when present
• a special machine that is used to grow microbes
• a small living organism that can cause disease

The process if disinfection eliminates all microorganisms on nonporous surfaces

• True
• False

organisms that can only live inside another living cell?

• bacteria
• viruses
• protozoa
• fungi

Airborne infections are transmitted by which of the following?

• birds

• hairbrushes

• sneezes

• flies