Dental Hygiene Practice HESI questions with verified answers

Dental Hygiene Practice HESI questions with
verified answers
Which agency is a FEDERAL agency that enforces WORKPLACE SAFETY Ans✓✓ -
OSHA (occupational safety and health administration)


Which agency protects EMPLOYEES by improving ENGENNERING controls and
enforcing PPE Ans✓✓ -OSHA


Is OSHA a REGULATORY agency? Ans✓✓ -yes


What OSHA documents impact INFECTION CONTROL and prevention in dentistry?
A. Hospital antimicrobial disinfectant registrations
B. Hazard Communication standard
C. CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings
D. Bloodborne Pathogen standard
E. Hazardous waste regulations
F. All of the above Ans✓✓ -Bloodborne Pathogen standard and Hazard
Communication standard


Which agency developed infection control GUIDELINES for healthcare settings?
Ans✓✓ -CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


What CDC document impacts INFECTION CONTROL and prevention in dentistry?
A. Bloodborne Pathogen standard
B. Hazard Communication standard

,C. CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings
D. Hospital antimicrobial disinfectant registrations
E. Hazardous waste regulations
F. All of the above Ans✓✓ -CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental
Healthcare Settings


Which agency regulates DISPOSAL of HAZARDOUS materials like medical and
chemical waste? Ans✓✓ -EPA (Environmental protection agency)


Which agency regulates registration of CHEMICAL GERMICIDES used for
healthcare? Ans✓✓ -EPA


Which agency is a part of the Department of Health and Human services and
ensures SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS of food, cosmetics, drugs, and medical
devices? Ans✓✓ -FDA(Food and Drug Administration)


What EPA document impacts INFECTION CONTROL and prevention in dentistry?
A. Hazardous waste regulations
B. Hazard Communication standard
C. Hospital antimicrobial disinfectant registrations
D. CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings
E. Bloodborne Pathogen standard
F. All of the above Ans✓✓ -Hospital antimicrobial disinfectant registrations and
Hazardous waste regulations

,Which agency regulates the manufacturing and labeling of MEDICAL DEVICES?
Ans✓✓ -FDA


What type of WASTE has the potential for disease TRANSMISSION and requires
SPECIAL handling and disposal?
A. Regulated waste
B. Non-regulated waste Ans✓✓ -Regulated waste


What are examples of regulated waste? Ans✓✓ -sharps, blood or items soaked in
blood, tissues and extracted teeth


What type of waste includes all other disposable items other than sharps, tissues,
extracted teeth, and blood-soaked items?
A. regulated waste
B. non-regulated waste Ans✓✓ -non-regulated waste


What are examples of non-regulated waste? Ans✓✓ -cups, gloves, saliva ejectors


What type of item can PENETRATE the skin and other tissues?
A. sharps
B. gloves
C. cups
D. saliva ejectors Ans✓✓ -sharps


What term describes puncture-resistant containers for DISPOSAL of sharp items
that could puncture skin?

, A. sharps container
B. trashcan
C. autoclave Ans✓✓ -sharps container


T/F Sharps containers must be closable, puncture-resistant, leak-proof, and
labeled with a BIOHAZARD SYMBOL. The CDC recommends that they can be
located anywhere in the dental office. Ans✓✓ -The first statement is true, second
is false (CDC recommends sharps container be AS CLOSE to work area as possible.


Which mode of transmission requires PERSON-TO-PERSON body contact with
blood, oral fluids, or other patient material?
A. Indirect contact
B. Direct contact
C. Inhalation
D. Fecal-oral transmission
E. Nasal and eye membranes or oral mucosa via droplets Ans✓✓ -Direct contact


Which mode of transmission spreads disease agents through FOMITES (objects or
surfaces)?
A. Indirect contact
B. Direct contact
C. Inhalation
D. Fecal-oral transmission
E. Nasal and eye membranes or oral mucosa via droplets Ans✓✓ -Indirect contact