RHS Exam Ch. 10-12. Top exam Questions & Answers. Graded A+
The purpose of infection control procedures is to prevent the transmission of disease among patients and between patients and health care practitioners. - -State the purpose of infection control procedures:
A pathogen is a microorg...
The purpose of infection control procedures is to prevent the transmission of disease among patients
and between patients and health care practitioners. - ✔✔-State the purpose of infection control
procedures:
A pathogen is a microorganism capable of causing disease. - ✔✔-Define pathogen:
1. AIDS
2. HIV
3. Hepatitis (HBV and HCV)
4. Tuberculosis (TB)
5. Herpesviruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) - ✔✔-List the five most concerning diseases healthcare providers
are at risk for:
1. Direct contact with pathogens in open lesions, blood, saliva, or respiratory secretions.
2. Direct contact with airborne contaminates present in aerosols of oral and respiratory fluids.
3. Indirect contact with contaminated objects/instruments. - ✔✔-List the three routes of infection
transmission:
1. Susceptible host- non-immune.
2. Pathogen- disease-causing agent.
3. Sufficient number of pathogen to initiate infection- "infectious dose".
4. Appropriate route for pathogen to enter host- "portal of entry", ex. mouth, eyes, nose, wound, or
other mucosal membrane. - ✔✔-What are the four conditions that must exist for infection to occur?
1. Immunization.
2. Removing the pathogen.
, 3. Reducing sufficient numbers of pathogens.
4. Blocking the portal of entry. - ✔✔-How can the chain of infection be broken? List four examples:
When dealing with bodily fluids, treat all- whether known or unknown- as infectious. - ✔✔-What is the
"standard precaution" for avoiding infection?
1. CDC- Centers for Disease Control.
2. OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
3. FDA- U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
4. EPA- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. - ✔✔-What four government agencies are responsible for
developing, recommending, or regulating infection control?
"Personal Protective Equipment", examples include clothing, masks, eyewear, and gloves to create
protective barrier. - ✔✔-What is PPE?
c. Handwashing with hot water and soap. - ✔✔-What is the most effective measure for preventing
pathogen transmission?
a. Changing gloves
b. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer
c. Handwashing with hot water and soap
d. Wearing PPE
The use of a chemical or physical procedure to reduce the disease-producing pathogens to an
acceptable level, spores are not destroyed. - ✔✔-What is disinfection?
clinical surfaces, instruments that cannot be heat sterilized. - ✔✔-Because disinfectants are too toxic for
use on live tissue, they are only used on _____ and _____.
1. High-level Disinfectant- Chemical germicides capable of inactivating spores and can be used to
disinfect heat-sensitive semicritical instruments.
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