DANB ICE test review (study guide
for ICE exam) Study Guide Solutions
OPIM: - ANSWER✔✔-other potential infectious material
When Should Masks be Worn: - ANSWER✔✔-during all times when splash, splatter,
spray and aerosols may occur
OSHA Regulations Mandates that Lab Coats be Laundered by who - ANSWER✔✔-
clinic or outside facility hired by clinic
Bioburden: - ANSWER✔✔-debris, microorganisms left on surfaces, (such as saliva and
blood)
Antibiotics: - ANSWER✔✔-kills microbes in our body
Antiseptics: - ANSWER✔✔-kills microbes on skin or body surface
Disinfectants: - ANSWER✔✔-kills microbes on inanimate surfaces, prevent future
growth
Sterilants: - ANSWER✔✔-kills ALL microbes on inanimate surfaces
Sterilant/HIGH LEVEL Disinfectant: - ANSWER✔✔-kills all microbes on inanimate
objects, (heat resistant object)
Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Page 1/26
,Intermediate Level Disinfectant: - ANSWER✔✔-kills vegetative bacteria, fungi, virus,
M., tuberculosis
Low-Level Disinfectant: - ANSWER✔✔-kills most vegetative bacteria, some fungi &
some viruses, NOT tuberculosis
Virucidal: - ANSWER✔✔-kills some virsues
Suffix-cidal: - ANSWER✔✔-to kill
Bactericidal: - ANSWER✔✔-kills some bacteria
Fungicidal: - ANSWER✔✔-kills some fungi
Tuberculocidal: - ANSWER✔✔-kills tuberculosis bacterium
Sporcidal: - ANSWER✔✔-kills high level bacterial endospores, (for non-heat resistant
items)
Hospital Disinfectant: - ANSWER✔✔-kills 3 main bacteria
Chlorine Compounds: - ANSWER✔✔-bleach=sodium hypochlorite, Intermediate level
disinfectant at 1:10 to 1:100 dilution, mix fresh daily
Iodophors: - ANSWER✔✔-iodine based, most are intermediate level disinfectant,
prepare daily, NOT used anymore
Alcohols: - ANSWER✔✔-Isopropyl/ethyl- antiseptic and disinfect, rapid evaporation,
poor cleaners, NOT used as a surface disinfectant, used as a component in disinfectants
Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Page 2/26
, Phenols: - ANSWER✔✔-aka- carbolic acid, first widely used disinfectant, intermediate
level disinfectant, detergent added to aid w/cleaning, dilute & mix fresh daily
Sterilization: - ANSWER✔✔-process intended to kill all microorganisms and is the
highest level of microbial kill that can be achieved
Disinfection: - ANSWER✔✔-less lethal, kills disease-producing microorganisms but
NOT bacterial endospores
Types of Sterilization: (3) - ANSWER✔✔-heat, gas, liquid chemical
Categories of Pt Care Items: (3) - ANSWER✔✔-critical, semi-critical, non-critical
Critical: - ANSWER✔✔-penetrates soft tissue, contacts bone, enters into blood stream,
ex. surgical instruments, scalers, scalpels- MUST be cleaned and sterilized by heat
Semi-critical: - ANSWER✔✔-contacts mucous membranes, does not penetrate, ex.
mouth mirror, impression trays, amalgam condensor- heat resistant items must be
cleaned & treated w/ high-level disinfectants
Non-critical: - ANSWER✔✔-contacts the skin, ex. blood pressure cuff, stethoscope-
items are cleaned and treated with a low-level disinfectant, intermediate-level
disinfectant if visible blood
Universal Sterilization: - ANSWER✔✔-all reusable instruments and handpieces are
sterilized, NOT disinfected, between use on patients
Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Page 3/26
