WorksheetsCh.10 Infection Control
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Mental stress can affect the body's ability to fight infection.
True
False
Opportunistic infections are the result of infectious material carried by healthcare workers from one patient to another
True
False
Almost all bacteria can be destroyed by antibiotics.
True
False
The number of hospitalized patients who get infections unrelated to the health problems that brought them to the hospital is increasing.
True
False
Fungi cause annoying, but never life-threatening infections.
True
False
If is never necessary to change your gloves while you are working on the same patient, only when you move from one patient to another.
True
False
Hepatitis B is much more easily transmitted than HIV.
True
False
A specially fitted mask must be worn when working with AIDS or HIV positive patients.
True
False
TB disease is when the bacteria live in the body without causing symptoms.
True
False
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics.
True
False
Many yeasts and molds are harmless; some are beneficial.
True
False
Any injury or accident that involves exposure to blood or body fluids should be followed by washing immediately.
True
False
Influenza ("the flu") is a minor disease that affects a few people each year.
True
False
How does the body's immune response operate to fight infections?
Produces antibodies
Helps the body process medications
Suppresses the normal flora
Increase the numbere of resident flora
What is the most common reason that long-term antibiotic therapy can cause new infections?
Interferes with the body's immune response
Masks symtpoms that then go untreated
Destroys the body's normal flora
Weakens the physiological state of the body
What is the term for microorganixms that cause damage by nourishing themselves at the expense of other things?
Hosts
Parasites
Toxins
Symbiosis
Why are diseases caused by viruses often very difficult to treat?
They are difficult to identify
They are obligate intracellular parasites
They cannot be seen under the microscope
They cannot be destroy by antibiotics
What is the principle purpose of a rise in body temperature?
Serves as a sign of infection
Highter temperature kills microorganisms
Heat rquired to produce white blood cells
Activates the immune response
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducts visits at healthcare facilities in order to:
ensure employee safety
License onsite laboratories
Provide vaccines for workers
research the cause of diseases
What is the difference between medical and surgical asepsis?
Medical asepsis is used in physicians offices; sterile aspesis is used in hospitals
Sterile asepsis is used when serious infections are present
Only medical asepsis involves handwashing
Medical asepsis decreases pathogens; sterile asepsis elimates pathogens
Which of the following procedures is an example of medical asepsis?
Covering the face with a surgical mask
Wearing sterile gloves
Handwashing
Sterilizing instruments
When should healthcare professionals who are in direct contact with patients follow standard precautions?
When working with patients who have infections
At all times
Before and during surgical procedures
When coming on duty and after using the toilet
Why are paper towels most appropriate for drying the hands in a healthcare facility?
Microorganisms can live in wet cloth towels
Cloth towels are more expensive
Paper towels are more convenient because they do not require laundering.
Paper dries the hands more quickly and effectively
Which of the following practices is essential to ensure effective handwashing technique?
Use only antimicrobial soap
Always use lotion afterwards
Do not touch faucets with bare hands
Use water as hot as you can tolerate
When should medical assistants who work in private physicians offices wear nonsterile gloves
At all times
When there may be contact with body fluids or broken skin
Only when working with patients who have infections
When assisting physicians with minor surgeries
What is the correct way to handle a needle after it is used to give a vitamin injection to a healthy patient?
Discard it in a watstebasket with other trash after recapping it.
Discard it in a biohazard bag.
Sterilize it as soon as possible to avoid the possible spread of infection.
Place it immediately in a puncture-resistant container
What is the proper action to take if blood is splashed on a countertop during a procedure on a patient?
Clean the spill with an antiseptic as soon as possible
Wipe it up with a paper towel
Clean the spill as soon as possible with a disinfectant.
Scrub the area well after the patient leaves.
All pathogens that are easily transmitted an have the potential to cause epidemics require the use of :
Transmission-based precautiosn
OSHA standards
CDC first-alert precautions
Neutropenic precautions
What is the prooper way to remove linen and other items from the room of a patient who is in isolation?
Dispose of items in special medical waste containers kept in the room.
Bag items once in the room and then place them in second bag held outside the room.
Double-bag items before leaving the room.
Hand them to a coworker in the hall who does not enter the room
Which of the following diseases is contracted by the highest number of healthcare workers each year?
AIDs
Hepatitis
TB
AIDS, Hepatitis B, and TB each affect about the same number of workers
Against which of the following diseases can healthcare workers be protected by a vaccine?
AIDS
TB
Hepatitis B
No vaccine ha been created for any of these diseases.
Which of the following is true about Clostridium difficile (C.difficile)?
Is is becoming less of a concern as it is easily treated.
It causes severe respiratory distress
It causes life-threatening diarrhea.
It is a virus
A disease causing micro-origanism is called a/an
Opportunistic infection
Nosocomial infection
Pathogen
Normal flora
__________ tends to occur when the body is in a weakened state.
Sepsis
Disinfectant
Nosocomial infection
opportunistic infection
______________ destroys most bacteria and viruses.
Aseptic
Disinfectant
Antiseptic
Sterilization
____________ kills all microorganisms.
Antiseptic
Disinfectant
Sterilization
Aerobic
Harmless microorganisms that are always present in or on the body are _____________.
Pathogens
Normal flora
Opportunistic infection
Nosocomial infection
______________ occur when a patient is receiving healthcare.
Normal flora
Nosocomial infection
Opportunistic infection
Sepsis
Common cold, influenza, chickenpox, Hepatitis B, AIDs, Measles, Polio are examples of _____________.
bacteria
viruses
Fungi
Rickettsia
Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever are examples of ___________.
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungi
Rickettsia
Ringworm, Athlete's foot, skin infections are examples of __________.
Fungi
Bacteria
Viruses
Protozoa
Pneumonia, Gonorrhea, Meningitis, Urinary Tract Infections, TB, Syphilis, Cholera are diseases caused by a _____________.
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Protozoa
Dysentary, Trichomonas, Malaria are caused by a _________________.
Bacteria
Virus
Protozoa
Fungus
Medications used to destroy harmful bacteria in or on the body are called _____________.
Antibiotics
Analgesic
Antiseptic
Antiviral
Botulism, a serious form of food poisoning, is cause by toxins produced by _____________.
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Host
The single most important practice for healthcare works to prevent the spread of infection is ______________.
Antiseptic use
Standard precautions
Handwashing
Vaccines
Which of the following is NOT a type of transmission based precaution?
Droplet
Contact
Airborne
Respiratory
Common portals of entry for infection include all of the following except ___________________.
Nostrils
Mouth
Breaks in the skin
Reproductive organs
Hepatitis A is found ________________.
Found in blood and body fluids; no vaccine is available
Transmitted by infected mosquitoes
Found in stool of infected person; a vaccine is available
Only seen in combination with HBV or HCV
Hepatitis C is ___________.
Symptoms may include influenza-like or acute respiratory distress
Found in blood and body fluids; no vaccine is available
Only seen in combination with HBV or HCV
Found in the stool of infected person; no vaccine is available
Transmitted by infected mosquitoes:
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
West Nile Virus
Hepatitis A
Bird Flu (avian influenza)
Found in blood and body fluids; vaccine available
Found in blood and body fluids; no vaccine available
Found in stool of infected person; vaccine available
Symptoms may include influenza-like or acute respiratory distress
