Nail Exam: Infection Control - (Questions/Answers)
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Cleaning Right Ans - is a mechanical process using soap and water or
detergent and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease
causing germs.
Removes invisible debris that interferes with disinfection.
Sanitizing Right Ans - is a chemical process for reducing the number of
disease causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
Disinfecting Right Ans - is a chemical process for use with nonporous items
that uses specific products to destroy harmful organism including bacteria,
viruses, and fungi on implements and environmental surfaces.
sterilizing: Right Ans - is the process that destroys all microbial life
including spores, generally with the use of an autoclave.
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Right Ans - created
by the U.S. department of labor to regulate and enforce safety and health
standards to protect employees in the workplace.
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Right Ans - Registers all types of
disinfectants sold and used in the United States.
disease Right Ans - abnormal condition of all or part of the body, its
systems, or its organs that makes the body incapable of carrying normal
functions.
transmission: Right Ans - is the process in which pathogens move between
individuals and objects - this is HOW we get sick.
direct transmission Right Ans - Transmission of blood or body fluids
through touching (including shaking hands), kissing, coughing, sneezing, and
talking.
, indirect transmission Right Ans - Transmission of blood or body fluids
through contact with an intermediate contaminated object such as a razor,
extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface.
airborne transmission and respiratory droplet Right Ans - Respiratory
droplet and airborne transmission are similar in that transmission occurs
when a pathogen living in our respiratory tract is expelled through coughing,
sneezing, or even talking.
Respiratory droplets are large particles that do not stay suspended in the air
for long.
- Wear a mask to protect you from respiratory droplets.
-Influenza transmission
In airborne transmission, the particles are much smaller and dryer, so they
hang in the air longer, allowing for the pathogen to spread further
-coughing, sneezing, or yelling.
Infectious Disease Right Ans - is caused by pathogenic organisms that enter
the body
Disinfection is not effective against Right Ans - bacterial spores
Bacterial spores Right Ans - Bacteria capable of producing a protective
coating that allows them to withstand very harsh environments, and shed the
coating when conditions become more favorable.
disinfectans used in salons must be these three things Right Ans -
bactericidal, virucidal, fungicidal
bactericidal Right Ans - capable of destroying bacteria
virucidal Right Ans - capable of destroying viruses
fungicidal Right Ans - capable of destroying molds and funi
contagious or communicable disease Right Ans - when a disease is capable
of being spread form one person to another
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