Patient Care Midterm (23-09's)

Chemical substances capable of killing pathologic microbes are termed:

• disinfectants.

• 
  antiseptics.

• bactericidal.

• bacteriostatic.

After an organism is infected and by the time symptoms of the infectious process manifest, several steps have taken place. These steps consist of
1. multiplication and spread.
2. encounter and entry.
3. host.
4. damage.
5. reservoir.
6. phagocytosis.
7. outcome.

• 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

• 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 only

• 3 and 6 only

• 1, 2, 4, and 7 only

A pathogen that requires contact precautions is

• MRSA.

• 
  tuberculosis.

• rubeola.

• rhinovirus.

In a hospital setting, constant awareness is given to the simple fact that patients come to the hospital because they are sick and vulnerable to disease. With the current system of medical care, by the time patients come to the hospital setting for care, they are sicker than ever in the past. The most common nosocomial infection seen in hospital patients is

• common colds picked up on contaminated radiography equipment.

• urinary tract infections from Foley catheter insertions.

• shingles (Herpes Zoster) from contaminated needles.

• staphylococcal infection from labor and delivery.

Which of the following statements is false?

• A sterile person may touch only what is sterile.

• Create sterile fields early in the morning while equipment is clean and equipment is clean.

• A sterile field must be watched continually to be considered sterile.

• 
  If a solution soaks through a sterile field to a nonsterile field, the wet area must be redraped.

All of the following are viral infections except

• cold sores.

• 
  tinea pedis.

• common cold.

• warts.