DENTAL LAWS AND INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the 3 bloodborne diseases? - ✔✔Hep B, Hep C, HIV
✔✔What is an occupational disease? - ✔✔Disease that can be acquired by working in a
dental office
✔✔The CDC recommends wearing utility gloves when scrubbing instruments and: -
✔✔Decontaminating the operators after patient treatment
✔✔OSHA recommends safety glasses as protective eyewear and: - ✔✔Face shield
✔✔Can regular prescription glasses be used for protective eyewear? - ✔✔Yes, with
side shields
✔✔What PPE should be worn when there is splash or splatter? - ✔✔Everything; the
complete ensemble
✔✔The CDC recommends changing your face mask when wet and: - ✔✔After each
patient
✔✔OSHA requires the Hep B vaccine for which employees? - ✔✔Those employees
exposed to blood
✔✔When should the Hep B vaccine be given? - ✔✔Within 10 days of starting work
✔✔What are Work Restrictions? - ✔✔When an employee should not work due to an
infectious disease
✔✔When a staff member has measles or mumps, when can they return to work? -
✔✔When symptoms resolve or they no longer show signs of the disease
✔✔Vaccinations recommended by the CDC for dental health care workers include
measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and what else? - ✔✔Hep B and the flu
✔✔Is there a vaccine for TB? - ✔✔No
✔✔Is there a vaccine for HIV, AIDS or Hep C? - ✔✔No
✔✔What 2 Hepatitis infections are not considered occupational dental diseases? -
✔✔Hepatitis A and E
, ✔✔Hepatitis infections that are considered dental occupational diseases are spread by
what method? - ✔✔Bloodborne
✔✔When bulk items are out out before the patient comes into the operators and then
any bulk items leftover are thrown away, it is a concept known as: - ✔✔Unit Dose
Concept
✔✔OSHA requires hand washing when hands come into contact with blood or mucous
membranes and also: - ✔✔Each the gloves are removed
✔✔The CDC recommends nails be kept short to prevent gloves tears and: - ✔✔For
thorough cleaning under the nails
✔✔What is the CDC's recommendation for refilling soap containers? - ✔✔Wash and dry
before refilling
✔✔The CDC recommends cleaning instruments by the use of an ultrasonic cleaner or: -
✔✔Hand scrubbing with a long handle brush
✔✔How long does the CDC recommend devices attached to water lines be flushed
between patients? - ✔✔20-30 seconds
✔✔The mechanical indicators on the sterilizer are the gauges such as the timer,
pressure gauge, and: - ✔✔Temperature gauge
✔✔What are chemical indicators that are used in packs going into the sterilizer? - ✔✔A
device that changes color to indicate a pack has been through the sterilizer
✔✔The CDC recommends that hand pieces be sterilized by what method? - ✔✔Heat
sterilized
✔✔What is the only method of proving that sterilization actually took place in a
sterilizer? - ✔✔Using a spore test
✔✔How often should spore testing be done? - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔The CDC recommends that instruments be sterilized unwrapped in only one
situation. What is this situation? - ✔✔When they are to be used inmediately
✔✔What are the state board requirements for disposable items? - ✔✔Used only on one
patient and then discarded
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the 3 bloodborne diseases? - ✔✔Hep B, Hep C, HIV
✔✔What is an occupational disease? - ✔✔Disease that can be acquired by working in a
dental office
✔✔The CDC recommends wearing utility gloves when scrubbing instruments and: -
✔✔Decontaminating the operators after patient treatment
✔✔OSHA recommends safety glasses as protective eyewear and: - ✔✔Face shield
✔✔Can regular prescription glasses be used for protective eyewear? - ✔✔Yes, with
side shields
✔✔What PPE should be worn when there is splash or splatter? - ✔✔Everything; the
complete ensemble
✔✔The CDC recommends changing your face mask when wet and: - ✔✔After each
patient
✔✔OSHA requires the Hep B vaccine for which employees? - ✔✔Those employees
exposed to blood
✔✔When should the Hep B vaccine be given? - ✔✔Within 10 days of starting work
✔✔What are Work Restrictions? - ✔✔When an employee should not work due to an
infectious disease
✔✔When a staff member has measles or mumps, when can they return to work? -
✔✔When symptoms resolve or they no longer show signs of the disease
✔✔Vaccinations recommended by the CDC for dental health care workers include
measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and what else? - ✔✔Hep B and the flu
✔✔Is there a vaccine for TB? - ✔✔No
✔✔Is there a vaccine for HIV, AIDS or Hep C? - ✔✔No
✔✔What 2 Hepatitis infections are not considered occupational dental diseases? -
✔✔Hepatitis A and E
, ✔✔Hepatitis infections that are considered dental occupational diseases are spread by
what method? - ✔✔Bloodborne
✔✔When bulk items are out out before the patient comes into the operators and then
any bulk items leftover are thrown away, it is a concept known as: - ✔✔Unit Dose
Concept
✔✔OSHA requires hand washing when hands come into contact with blood or mucous
membranes and also: - ✔✔Each the gloves are removed
✔✔The CDC recommends nails be kept short to prevent gloves tears and: - ✔✔For
thorough cleaning under the nails
✔✔What is the CDC's recommendation for refilling soap containers? - ✔✔Wash and dry
before refilling
✔✔The CDC recommends cleaning instruments by the use of an ultrasonic cleaner or: -
✔✔Hand scrubbing with a long handle brush
✔✔How long does the CDC recommend devices attached to water lines be flushed
between patients? - ✔✔20-30 seconds
✔✔The mechanical indicators on the sterilizer are the gauges such as the timer,
pressure gauge, and: - ✔✔Temperature gauge
✔✔What are chemical indicators that are used in packs going into the sterilizer? - ✔✔A
device that changes color to indicate a pack has been through the sterilizer
✔✔The CDC recommends that hand pieces be sterilized by what method? - ✔✔Heat
sterilized
✔✔What is the only method of proving that sterilization actually took place in a
sterilizer? - ✔✔Using a spore test
✔✔How often should spore testing be done? - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔The CDC recommends that instruments be sterilized unwrapped in only one
situation. What is this situation? - ✔✔When they are to be used inmediately
✔✔What are the state board requirements for disposable items? - ✔✔Used only on one
patient and then discarded
