Exam 6: Infection Control

Bacteria can be killed if the temperature of their environment goes below freezing.

Louis Pasteur made two important discoveries.

With older clients who have an infection,they often present with:

The autoclave is a device that makes an item sterile through heat,pressure,and steam.

When should you wear a mask?

Friction is the process of rubbing two surfaces together.

Which protective barrier(s)must visitors and health care workers always use to prevent exposure to blood,body fluids,or when the patient is coughing excessively?

Pathogens can cause disease in humans by:

"Aseptic" means germ-free,without disease-producing organisms.

An example of an iatrogenic infection is:

Patient safety requires all health care workers to have the highest standard of hand hygiene.

Nosocomial infections are hospital-acquired infections.

Personal care providers may carry an infection from work to home,or between patients,or patients may pick up germs at the hospital without knowing it and develop a disease much later.Infections of this type are called

Which of the following statements about bacteria is incorrect?

Louis Pasteur discovered that many diseases are caused by bacteria.

Bacteria grow well in food.

Standard Precautions

When working in a "Standard Precautions" area,

Joseph Lister recognized that many deaths in hospitals seemed to be connected with:

Friction is NOT important to good hand washing technique.