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DAS116 INFECTION CONTROL UNIT 1 | (20 LECTURE /40 LAB HOURS) | 2024/2025
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ESTUDYDAS116 INFECTION CONTROL UNIT 1 |
(20 LECTURE /40 LAB HOURS)
1. **What are Universal Precautions?**
a) Guidelines for dietary practices
b) Steps to prevent the spread of disease through blood and body fluids in health care
c) Rules for patient visitation
d) Procedures for environmental cleaning
**Answer:** b) Steps to prevent the spread of disease through blood and body fluids in health care
2. **When should you use gloves?**
a) Only during surgery
b) When handling clean linens
c) During tasks like bathing, mouth care, and catheter care
d) When talking to patients
**Answer:** c) During tasks like bathing, mouth care, and catheter care
3. **What is Asepsis?**
a) Presence of pathogens
b) Absence of pathogenic microorganisms
c) A type of infection
d) A cleaning procedure
**Answer:** b) Absence of pathogenic microorganisms
4. **What does Aseptic Technique refer to?**
a) Practices that keep an area as free from pathogens as possible
b) Washing hands
c) Disinfecting surfaces
d) Using antibiotics
**Answer:** a) Practices that keep an area as free from pathogens as possible
5. **What is Medical Asepsis?**
a) The use of antibiotics
b) Techniques used to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
c) A surgical procedure
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d) The treatment of infections
**Answer:** b) Techniques used to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
6. **What are some procedures included in Medical Asepsis?**
a) Hand hygiene, donning & doffing, cleaning the environment, cleaning equipment
b) Surgery, wound dressing, patient transfer
c) Medication administration, patient education
d) Diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care
**Answer:** a) Hand hygiene, donning & doffing, cleaning the environment, cleaning equipment
7. **How do nurses break the chain of infection during routine care?**
a) Using medications
b) Employing medical asepsis techniques
c) Avoiding patient contact
d) Using disinfectants only
**Answer:** b) Employing medical asepsis techniques
8. **What elements are needed for the development of an infection?**
a) A clean environment
b) A healthy host
c) Elements in the chain of infection (infectious agent, reservoir, etc.)
d) Proper nutrition
**Answer:** c) Elements in the chain of infection (infectious agent, reservoir, etc.)
9. **What must be present for an infection to be transmitted from one person to another?**
a) Only one element of the chain
b) All 6 elements of the infection chain
c) A healthy immune system
d) Adequate medical treatment
**Answer:** b) All 6 elements of the infection chain
10. **What is an Infectious Agent?**
a) Non-harmful microorganisms
b) Microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa that can cause disease
c) Vaccines
d) Cleaning agents
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**Answer:** b) Microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa that can cause disease
11. **What is Normal (Resident) Flora?**
a) Microorganisms that cause disease
b) Microorganisms that are usually non-pathogenic and found in the body
c) Harmful bacteria
d) Environmental contaminants
**Answer:** b) Microorganisms that are usually non-pathogenic and found in the body
12. **What is Transient Flora?**
a) Microorganisms that are permanently in the body
b) Microorganisms that attach loosely to the skin and can be removed by handwashing
c) Harmful bacteria
d) Pathogens that only exist in hospitals
**Answer:** b) Microorganisms that attach loosely to the skin and can be removed by handwashing
13. **What does the potential of microorganisms to cause disease depend on?**
a) Their color
b) Number of organisms, virulence, ability to enter and survive in a host, and host susceptibility
c) Their size
d) Their source
**Answer:** b) Number of organisms, virulence, ability to enter and survive in a host, and host
susceptibility
14. **What is a Reservoir?**
a) A place where pathogens survive and multiply
b) A place where pathogens are destroyed
c) A type of microorganism
d) A cleaning method
**Answer:** a) A place where pathogens survive and multiply
15. **What are the two types of reservoirs?**
a) Living and non-living
b) Wet and dry
c) Clean and contaminated
d) Hot and cold
**Answer:** a) Living and non-living
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