Infection Control Review
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An organism that does not cause infection
Non-pathogenic
An organism that does cause infection
Pathogenic
Ringworm and athletes foot are categorized as what?
Fungi
If you clean a wound with peroxide; what is that an example of?
The use of an antiseptic
What would a type of flu that is not treatable with an antibiotic potentially be caused by?
Virus
If a bacteria is difficult to treat with typical antibiotics, it is know as what?
MRSA, resistant to most antibiotics.
If you use 10% bleach and water mixture to clean the toilet; what is that an example of?
Disinfection
If you use the autoclave to prepare dental instruments, what type of aseptic control would you be using?
Sterilization
Hepatitis B injection is an example of what?
Vaccination
What standard precaution are you using when you place a used needle into the bio hazard container?
Sharps precaution
What precaution are you using when you do a procedure involving soap and water?
Standard/Universal precaution
If you were changing the dressing on a patient’s infected skin tear, what type of precaution would you use?
Contact precaution
If a patient is coughing and sneezing, what type of precaution would you use while in close contact with him?
Droplet precaution
If you saw a red stain on the patient’s bed sheet, and put on gloves as a precaution, what standard would you be using?
Blood borne pathogen standard
If something could be spread through the ventilation system of a convention center, what type of contact would that be an example of?
Airborne precaution
If a baby contracts a disease from the mother during childbirth, what type of contact would that be?
Direct contact
In the chain of infection, Human Immunodeficiency virus would be an example of what?
Infectious agent
What does HIV do to the body?
Weakens the immune system and it makes it harder to fight other diseases.
In the chain of infection, eyes, ears, nose, or a cut on the arm are examples of:
Portal of entry
In the chain of infection, touching a doorknob is an example of:
Means of transmission
In the chain of infection, a dirty toilet or our human body would be an example of a:
Reservoir
If an infection spreads from someone’s leg up into their abdomen, infecting several organs, what type of infection would that be?
Systemic infection
If you had an infected cuticle beside the nail, what type of infection would that be?
Local infection
If a patient was already sick with the flu when they contracted bacterial pneumonia, what type of infection would that be?
Opportunistic infection