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What is the study of Fungi (yeasts, molds, and mushrooms) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Mycology


Do not contain RNA, DNA or protein production capabilities. They infuse their own nucleic acid
genome into the cell, where it replicates itself and directs the cell to produce proteins for its
capsid - CORRECT ANSWERS Viruses


internal/external monitor indicating sterilization process has occurred not that instruments are
actually sterile. - CORRECT ANSWERS chemical indicator


growth & collection of microbes into a group that lives in a particular area. (like s. aureus in
nares of humans) - CORRECT ANSWERS colonization


method of cleaning instruments in which the chosen cleaning solution acts by dispersing two
liquids that are not capable of being mixed - CORRECT ANSWERS emulsification


English surgeon, 19th century, "father of antiseptic surgery" principles of asepsis in the
operating room. - CORRECT ANSWERS Lister


when human break occurs in sterile technique the patient is exposed to SSI; communication is
needed. - CORRECT ANSWERS surgical conscience


infection of surgical wound that was acquired during the course of the surgical procedure. -
CORRECT ANSWERS SSI (surgical site infection)


contamination of a person or object by another - CORRECT ANSWERS cross-
contamination


an inanimate object that harbors microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWERS fomite

, pathogen outside the intestine; common UTI - CORRECT ANSWERS Escherica coli


Most common SSI pathogen, found commonly on skin - CORRECT ANSWERS
Staphylococcus aureus


virus causing chronic disease without jaundice - CORRECT ANSWERS Hepatitis C


prion transferred via items contaminated with CNS tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease


gram-positive aerobic cocci causes rheumatic fever - CORRECT ANSWERS
streptococcus pyogenes


gram-negative rod found commonly in burns - CORRECT ANSWERS pseudomonas
aeruginosa


spore forming anaerobic gram-positive rod, causes gas gangrene - CORRECT ANSWERS
clostridium perfringes


transmissible airborne nuclei; identified via positive acid-fast stain and culture, maybe MDR -
CORRECT ANSWERS Mycobacterium tuberculosis


opportunistic fungus that affects the immunocompromised - CORRECT ANSWERS
candida albicans


gram-negative rod that causes ulcers - CORRECT ANSWERS helicobacter pylori


substance commonly used on living tissue to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microbes
to prevent infection - CORRECT ANSWERS antiseptic

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