INFECTION CONTROL (NHA) EXAM
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Antibiotic - ANS-a drug that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms
Aerobic -
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Airborne precautions - ANS-used for patients known or suspected to be infected with
pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
Anerobic - ANS-Process that does not require oxygen
Aseptic - ANS-free from disease-causing microorganisms
Asepsis - ANS-absence of significant contamination
Biohazardous waste - ANS-items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions,
or excretions
Blood borne pathogens - ANS-Disease-causing organisms transferred through
contact with blood or other body fluids
Carriers - ANS-A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not
develop the infection
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - ANS-The primary federal
agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States. The
CDC is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Chain of infection - ANS-factors that lead to the transmission or spread of disease
(Pathogen/Infectious Agent, reservoir, Portal of Exit/Vector, Mode of Transmission,
Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host)
Contact precautions - ANS-practices used to prevent spread of disease by direct or
indirect contact
Communicable diseases - ANS-illnesses that are easily passed from one person to
another
Contagious disease - ANS-Able to be passed easily from one person to another.
Contamination - ANS-the process of becoming unclean
Disinfection - ANS-The process of destroying pathogens
Direct contact - ANS-touching something with the pathogens present
Asepsis means
A. Clean technique
B. The process of destroying pathogens
C. An infection acquired at a health care agency
D. Being free of disease-producing microbes - ANS-D. Being free of diseaseproducing microbes
A person has protection against a certain disease. The person has
A. Immunity
B. Personal protective equipment
C. A vaccine
D. A germicide - ANS-A. Immunity
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