DANB Test Questions with Correct Answers
Who are the guidelines for infection control set by? - Answer-CDC and OSHA
Who recommends a sequence of donning on gloves? - Answer-The CDC recommends it
Sanitization - Answer-Refers to the processes that reduce the number go microorganisms on inani...
DANB Test Questions with
Correct Answers
Who are the guidelines for infection control set by? - Answer-CDC and OSHA
Who recommends a sequence of donning on gloves? - Answer-The CDC recommends
it
Sanitization - Answer-Refers to the processes that reduce the number go
microorganisms on inanimate objects to a safe level. Also known asa through cleaning
process as it does not imply freedom from infectious microorganisms
Clinical contact surfaces - Answer-Those surfaces directly contaminated glued hands
and instruments or by direct spray or splatter.
Who recommended how clinical surfaces be classified and maintained? - Answer-Office
Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP)
What are the two methods to. handle surface contamination? - Answer-1. Pre-clean and
disinfect surfaces between patients
2. Prevent the surface from becoming contaminated with the use of a surface barrier
Precleaning - Answer-process of reducing the number of microorganisms prior to
disinfecting also removes blood and saliva also known as a bioburden
Sharps contains requirements - Answer-1. Puncture resistant
2. Leak proof.
3. Tightly sealed
4. Color coded
5. and labeled as a biohazard
They must be placed in each treatment room. They should never be reused or emptied.
environmental protection agency (EPA) - Answer-They passed a law that requires
amalgam, and silver colored filling material with trace amounts of mercury and other
metals. They are responsible for the regulation of disinfectants according to their
chemical classification
Amalgam separators - Answer-They prevent the materials and mercury from entering
the waste water lines
, Ultra Sonic cleaner - Answer-method to loosen and remove routine debris and organic
matter from instruments over hand scrubbing instruments. They minimize cross
contamination and does a better job of removing debris from surfaces.
How do UltraSonics work? - Answer-They produce sound waves beyond human
hearing and vibrate and create invisible bubbles. The cleaning occurs by mechanical
action when the bubbles Burts and break upwardly causing a scrubbing action.
Test to ensure ultrasonic cleaner is working properly? - Answer-5x5 Aluminum foil and
holf the aluminum vertical hand submerged in fresh solution. Turn it on for 20 seconds
after hold it up to the light to see if it is marked with tiny pebbles
Who approves disenfectors for the use of dental instruments? - Answer-FDA
Disinfection - Answer-to processes using chemical agents that destroy most
microorganisms. It does not kill and resistant to bacterial spores and viruses.
Sterilization - Answer-process of destroying all forms of life including, spores.
Critical instruments - Answer-Penetrate soft tissue or bone; enter into or contact the
bloodstream or other normally sterile tissue
Semicritical instruments - Answer-Do not penetrate soft tissues or bone; contact
mucous membrane or nonintact skin
Noncritcal instruments - Answer-Contact only interact skin
Who does not recommend alcohol to be used as a disinfectant? - Answer-CDC, OSAP,
and American dental association (ADA)
High level disinfectants - Answer-destroy all microorganisms, save high numbers of
bacterial endospores
Intermediate level disinfects - Answer-destroys vegetative bacteria and most fungi and
viruses (EPA registered)
low level disinfectant - Answer-can destroy vegetable bacteria, some fungi and viruses.
cannot kill tuberculocidal
Two types of microorganisms found within the dental unit water line: - Answer-1.
Planktonic: free floating microbes found in natural water
2. Biofilm: microbes attach to the inside walls of the tubing (bacteria, protozoa, and
fungi)
Information needed after packaging sterilized instruments - Answer-1. the date
2. Identity of sterilizer and the contents of closed packaging
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