Texas Esthetician Board Study Guide with 100% correct answers

What is the primary purpose of regulatory agencies? correct answersTo set guidelines for the manufacturing, sale, and use of equipment and chemical ingredients along with safety in the workplace What is an MSDS? Where can you get it? correct answersMaterial safety data sheet: can be obtained from the product manufacturer or distributor What are the four types of organisms that aestheticians must know about and remember? correct answersBacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites What are bacteria? correct answersOne celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal characteristics Name and describe the two main classifications of bacteria correct answersNonpathogenic and pathogenic What are some of the beneficial functions performed by nonpathogenic bacteria? correct answersThey help The body breaks down food and protects against infection. They also stimulate the immune system Name and describe the three forms of pathogenic bacteria correct answersCocci: round shaped bacteria appearing alone or in groups Bacilli: short rod shaped bacteria- the most common type of bacteria producing diseases such as tetanus, typhoid, tuberculosis, and diptheria Spirilla: spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria- subdivide into groups which cause syphilis STDs and Lyme disease What is a contagious disease? correct answersWhen a disease spreads from one person to another person