MMSC 438 Exam One Objectives Exam Practice
Questions with Correct Answers and Rationale
2026 Chamberlain College of Nursing
EXAM TERM QUESTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED A+ ANSWERS
1) Primary patient concern in ✓ Ensuring patient privacy and
clinical microbiology compliance with HIPAA regulations.
2) HIPAA ✓ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act protecting patient
data privacy.
3) Core testing responsibilities of a ✓ Performing accurate and timely
clinical microbiologist laboratory testing.
4) Key healthcare professionals ✓ Nurses, infection
microbiologists communicate control/epidemiologists, state health
with departments, ID physicians, and
pharmacists.
, 5) Microbiology role in disease ✓ Providing organism identification
management and appropriate therapeutic
guidelines.
6) Standard Precautions ✓ Minimum set of practices reducing
risk of exposure to infectious agents
in human samples.
7) Core principle of Standard ✓ Handle all human body fluids as
Precautions potentially infectious.
8) Universal Precautions: Needles ✓ Specimens must not contain
and sharps needles or sharps; replace with
rubber stoppers or stopcocks.
9) Universal Precautions: PPE ✓ Must handle specimens using
requirement proper personal protective
equipment (PPE).
10) Universal Precautions: Specimen ✓ Specimens should be opened only
opening inside a biological safety hood.
11) List all items that are considered ✓ Gloves, Safety glasses and Lab
personal protective equipment coats
(PPE)
12) Pre-analytical ✓ Patient preparation- communication
with "collectors", Sample collection,
Sample transport to lab
Questions with Correct Answers and Rationale
2026 Chamberlain College of Nursing
EXAM TERM QUESTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED A+ ANSWERS
1) Primary patient concern in ✓ Ensuring patient privacy and
clinical microbiology compliance with HIPAA regulations.
2) HIPAA ✓ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act protecting patient
data privacy.
3) Core testing responsibilities of a ✓ Performing accurate and timely
clinical microbiologist laboratory testing.
4) Key healthcare professionals ✓ Nurses, infection
microbiologists communicate control/epidemiologists, state health
with departments, ID physicians, and
pharmacists.
, 5) Microbiology role in disease ✓ Providing organism identification
management and appropriate therapeutic
guidelines.
6) Standard Precautions ✓ Minimum set of practices reducing
risk of exposure to infectious agents
in human samples.
7) Core principle of Standard ✓ Handle all human body fluids as
Precautions potentially infectious.
8) Universal Precautions: Needles ✓ Specimens must not contain
and sharps needles or sharps; replace with
rubber stoppers or stopcocks.
9) Universal Precautions: PPE ✓ Must handle specimens using
requirement proper personal protective
equipment (PPE).
10) Universal Precautions: Specimen ✓ Specimens should be opened only
opening inside a biological safety hood.
11) List all items that are considered ✓ Gloves, Safety glasses and Lab
personal protective equipment coats
(PPE)
12) Pre-analytical ✓ Patient preparation- communication
with "collectors", Sample collection,
Sample transport to lab
