HCB Test 2 Questions and Correct Answers 2024/2025
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HCB Test 2 Questions and Correct Answers 2024/2025
What's does infection control involve? - Correct Answer taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious agents
Antibacterial - Correct Answer directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS)
antiseptic - Correct Answer preventing or arresting...
HCB Test 2 Questions and Correct Answers
2024/2025
What's does infection control involve? - Correct Answer taking steps to prevent the spread of
infectious agents
Antibacterial - Correct Answer directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS)
antiseptic - Correct Answer preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - Correct Answer the condition of being aseptic (absence of pathogens growing)
aseptic technique - Correct Answer preventing infection (reduces the risk of infection)
Bacteria - Correct Answer single cell microorganism that multiplies rapidly
blood-borne pathogen - Correct Answer A specific causative agent of disease located in the blood
(HIV or hepatitis)
contagious disease - Correct Answer infectious disease that is spread through contact with one who
has it, with bodily discharge or an object touched by that person
contaminated - Correct Answer to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association (presence of blood or
other material that is infectious or potentially infectious)
direct contact - Correct Answer union of body surfaces
disinfectant - Correct Answer free from infection (kills agent but not spores)
disinfection - Correct Answer process that eliminates agent but not spores
fungi - Correct Answer kingdom of parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic that lacks chlorophyll (molds,
rust, mildew)
, Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - Correct Answer Nosocomial infection that occurs in a
hospital, happens within 72 hours of being admitted, mostly due to lack of care
infection - Correct Answer infective agent contaminated with an infective agent
isolation - Correct Answer separation for a period of time to prevent or limit transmission of
infectious agent
microorganism - Correct Answer organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
pathogen - Correct Answer disease or virus that produces infection
Standard Precautions - Correct Answer group of infection prevention that applies to all patients
Infection Control Concepts - Correct Answer standard precautions are concepts in which all body
fluids are assumed to be infected with blood-borne pathogens
chain of infection - Correct Answer sequence of events that must occur to develop an infection
What are the common types of infectious agents? - Correct Answer bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi,
and helminths
bacteria - Correct Answer multiply rapidly, can transmit to each other
viruses - Correct Answer DNA or RNA encased in protein, cannot reproduce outside of a living host
cell
protozoa - Correct Answer unicellular microorganisms that infect the blood, brain, etc
helminths - Correct Answer parasitic worms
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