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Infection Control
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- Q1A microorganism that needs oxygen to survive is:a nonpathogenaerobicanaerobicalive120s
- Q2Factors that affect the growth of microorganisms include:food, moisture, temperature, oxygen, light, dead and living matterfood, moisture, contaminated material, oxygen, and fecesfood, moisture, temperature, oxygen, parasites, and lightfood, moisture, temperature, oxygen, host, and parasites120s
- Q3A pathogen is an organism that:helps break down compostis always coiled shapeddoes not cause diseasecauses disease120s
- Q4An enterotoxin that causes illness is a :poison that is taken orallypoison produced in the lungspoison produced in the intestinessolid waste product from the body120s
- Q5A host is described as:an organism from which the microorganism takes nourishmenta disease causing organisman organism that can only live with oxygenall of the above120s
- Q6Viruses:are smaller than bacteriaall of the abovecause illnesses like the common cold and influenzacannot reproduce on their own120s
- Q7Microorganisms cause illness by:causing allergic reactionsproducing toxinsinvading the cellsall of the above120s
- Q8The model used to understand the infection process is:the chain of infectionsusceptible hostthe chain of transmissionthe chain of microorganisms120s
- Q9Handwashing is one of the most important ways a healthcare worker can control the spread of infection.TrueFalse120s
- Q10Microorganisms are spread by:insects and pestsdirect contact and indirect contactairborne and oral routeall of the above120s
- Q11Symptoms of a generalized infection may include:swelling and rednessnone of the abovefever, headache, fatigue, increased pulse and respirationsfever, headache, and a decreased pulse120s
- Q12Symptoms of a localized infection may include:redness, swelling, heat, drainage, pain at the sitefever, weakness and diarrheadiarrhea and nauseafever, chills and decreased pulse120s
- Q13Asepsis is:a sterile condition, free from all germsa small drop of fluidstandard procedure for cleaning equipmentabnormal functioning120s
- Q14An infection acquired while in a health care setting, such as a hospital is:non pathogenicnosocomial infectionthe chain of infectionaseptic technique120s
- Q15A bactericidal solution:slows the growth of microorganismsprovides a sterile environmentkills microorganismsnone of the above120s