Deck 2: Medical Asepsis and the Osha Standard

Question 1

Microorganisms can be transmitted through

A) Droplet infection
B) Insects
C) Contaminated food
D) Contaminated equipment
E) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

What is the purpose of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act?

A) To ensure that an injection is administered correctly
B) To ensure the proper disposal of sharps
C) To reduce the chance of infection developing at the injection site
D) To reduce needlestick injuries among health care workers

Answer 2

To reduce needlestick injuries among health care workers

Question 3

All of the following are growth requirements for microorganisms except

A) Darkness
B) Moisture
C) Nutrition
D) Acidic environment

Answer 3

Acidic environment

Question 4

All of the following are examples of nonintact skin except

A) Skin with dermatitis
B) Burned skin
C) Bruised skin
D) Chapped skin

Question 5

What is the name given to a microorganism that can exist only in the presence of oxygen?

A) Anaerobe
B) Oxygenophile
C) Aerobe
D) Heterotroph

Question 6

Cilia remove pathogens from the body by

A) Providing an acidic environment
B) Engulfing pathogens
C) Trapping microorganisms
D) Constantly beating toward the outside
E) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following are picked up in the course of daily activities, are attached loosely to the skin, and are often pathogenic?

A) Transient flora
B) Normal flora
C) Opportunistic infections
D) Resident flora

Question 8

What term is used to describe a microorganism that does not produce disease?

A) Sterile
B) Aseptic
C) Nonpathogen
D) Pathogen

Question 9

All of the following make a person less resistant to a pathogen except

A) Poor nutrition
B) Immunizations
C) Poor hygiene
D) Stress

Question 10

The CDC recommends that washing the hands with soap and water be performed

A) After eating
B) When the hands are visibly soiled
C) Before using the restroom
D) After taking a patient's blood pressure

Question 11

All of the following are considered other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) except

A) Any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood
B) Vaginal secretions
C) Tears and sweat
D) Semen

Question 12

Which of the following is not an example of a microorganism?

A) Pinworms
B) Bacteria
C) Virus
D) Protozoa

Question 13

What is the name given to a tiny living plant or animal that cannot be seen with the naked eye?

A) Pathogen
B) Microorganism
C) Nonpathogen
D) Microbiology

Question 14

What is the name given to a person who cannot fight off a pathogen that has entered his or her body?

A) Reservoir host
B) Resistant host
C) Contagious
D) Susceptible host

Question 15

All of the following are advantages of alcohol-based hand rubs except

A) They do not require rinsing
B) Less time is required to perform hand hygiene
C) They remove all resident flora from the skin
D) They contain emollients to prevent drying of the hands

Question 16

What term is used to describe a microorganism that produces disease?

A) Nonpathogen
B) Pathogen
C) Bacteria
D) Infection

Question 17

What term is used to describe practices that help to keep an object or area clean and free from infection?

A) Medical asepsis
B) Surgical asepsis
C) Disinfection
D) Sterilization

Question 18

The purpose of the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is to

A) Improve the quality of laboratory testing in the United States
B) Protect public health and the environment outside of the workplace
C) Reduce the risk to employees of exposure to infectious diseases
D) Prevent exposure of employees to bloodborne pathogens

Question 19

The optimal growth temperature is

A) 98.6 F or body temperature
B) The temperature at which a microorganism grows best
C) Room temperature
D) The temperature that kills pathogens

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of an exposure incident?

A) Spilling blood on a laboratory worktable
B) Sticking yourself with the needle after drawing up an injectable medication
C) Getting blood onto your bare hands
D) Splashing blood into your eyes
E) All of the above

Question 21

Which of the following used items is not an example of regulated medical waste?

A) Suture needle
B) Microbiologic collection device
C) Gauze saturated with blood
D) Urine testing strip

Question 22

The most likely means of contracting hepatitis B in the health care setting is through

A) Contaminated food and water
B) Needlesticks and blood splashes
C) Handling contaminated equipment
D) Touching a patient infected with hepatitis B

Question 23

The most common side effect of the hepatitis B vaccine is

A) Nausea
B) Hives
C) Irritability
D) Soreness at the injection site

Question 24

Which of the following represents an error in technique when preparing regulated medical waste for disposal by an infectious waste service?

A) Closing the lid of a full sharps container in the examining room
B) Double-bagging regulated medical waste
C) Placing a biohazard bag in a cardboard box and sealing it
D) Storing a biohazard box in the front office for pick-up by the medical waste service

Question 25

Which of the following is not a symptom of acute HIV infection?

A) Fever
B) Fatigue
C) Adenopathy
D) Jaundice

Question 26

What term describes a device that makes an exposure incident involving a contaminated sharp less likely to occur?

A) Postexposure prophylaxis
B) Decontamination
C) Personal protective equipment
D) Safer medical device

Question 27

What is the first thing you should do if a cut on your bare hand accidentally comes in contact with a patient's blood?

A) Report the incident to the physician
B) Wash your hands with soap and water
C) Apply gloves
D) Obtain a hepatitis B vaccination

Question 28

Treatment for acute hepatitis B includes

A) Antibiotics
B) Physical therapy
C) Liver transplantation
D) Restricted activity and rest

Question 29

What term is used to describe a physical or mechanical device used to remove health hazards from the workplace?

A) Engineering control
B) Work practice control
C) Personal protective equipment
D) Universal precaution

Question 30

What is the most common means of transmission for hepatitis C?

A) Sharing needles for illegal injection drug use
B) Coughs and sneezes from an infected person
C) Sexual intercourse
D) Mosquitoes

Question 31

What is the term for an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend itself from pathogens normally found in the environment?

A) Autoimmunity
B) Opportunistic
C) Contagious
D) Seropositive

Question 32

Which of the following is an example of personal protective equipment?

A) Clean disposable gloves
B) Biohazard sharps container
C) Scrubs
D) Prescription eyeglasses

Question 33

All of the following are examples of work practice controls except

A) Sanitizing the hands after removing gloves
B) Placing a lancet in a biohazard sharps container
C) Picking up broken glassware with gloved hands
D) Bandaging a cut on the hands before gloving

Question 34

Which of the following employees would be least likely to have occupational exposure?

A) Medical laboratory technician
B) Dental hygienist
C) Electrician
D) Law enforcement officer

Question 35

Personal protective equipment must be used to

A) Draw blood
B) Label a specimen container
C) Measure oral temperature
D) Perform a vision screening test
E) All of the above

Question 36

AIDS cannot be transmitted through

A) Casual contact
B) Blood splashes
C) Sexual intercourse
D) Needlestick injuries

Question 37

How often does OSHA require employers to review and update their Exposure Control Plan?

A) Every 6 months
B) Once each year
C) Every 2 years
D) Only when a new procedure is instituted

Question 38

Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectious disease to prevent the disease is known as

A) Immunization
B) Postexposure prophylaxis
C) First aid measures
D) Antiviral drug therapy

Question 39

Which of the following is a violation of the OSHA standard?

A) Eating in the office laboratory
B) Storing the Exposure Control Plan on the computer
C) Recapping a needle after withdrawing medication from a vial
D) Refusing to get the hepatitis B vaccination
E) All of the above

Question 40

Patients with chronic hepatitis B face an increased risk of developing

A) Liver cancer
B) Pancreatitis
C) Rheumatic heart disease
D) Gallstones

Question 41

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
After

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 42

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Disease

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 43

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Air

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 44

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Producing

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 45

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Pertaining to Birth

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 46

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Without

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 47

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Against

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 48

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Infection

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 49

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Not

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic

Question 50

Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
Small

A)aer/o
B)an-
C)anti-
D)-gen
E)micro-
F)natal
G)non-
H)path/o
I)post-
J)septic