WorksheetsInfection Control
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are 3 blood borne pathogens?
Measles
AIDS
Hep C
Hep B
Who is a susceptible host?
A baby
A healthy teenage boy
A person with cancer
A 12 year old who has had all immunizations
If any link of the "chain of infection" is broken, the spread of disease stops?
False
True
Which does not cause disease?
Virus
Bateria
Nonpathogen
Fungus
Which of the following are free from all microcrobes?
Sterile
Clean
Aseptic
The flu is caused by a virus.
Why do antibiotics destroy bacterial cells but have no effect on viruses?
Viruses are made up of organic molecules that are too small to be targeted by antibiotics.
Viruses are not alive and do not carry out the life functions that are stopped by antibiotics
Viruses do not possess the protein coat that is targeted by all antibiotics
A
B
C
D
Which of the following material exposes the the healthcare worker to dangerous and deadly bloodborne pathogens?
contaminated needlesticks
contaminated sharps
splash exposures
all of the above
What does a vaccine do?
a) Immediately kills every pathogen
b) Trains the immune system to recognize pathogens
Makes you sick on purpose
Cures all diseases
This term is used when many people in a local area get sick at the same time.
Epidemic
Pandemic
Diseases
Pathogens
What is the main benefit of mass vaccination?
a) It is cheaper for hospitals
b) It helps create herd immunity
c) It eliminates the need for washing hands
d) It replaces medicine
Antibiotics ________ treat viral infections.
can
cannot
