Tuberculosis Prevention Exam
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Tuberculosis infection occurs by.... - ✔✔inhaling airborne particles
generated when a person with infections TB coughs, sneezes, or speaks
A person has "latent" TB when he is infected with TB but has not yet
progressed to infectious TB. TRUE OR FALSE They are contagious -
✔✔FALSE
The most common symptoms of pulmonary TB are a cough lasting for
three weeks or more and - ✔✔bloody sputum, night sweats, fever, and loss
of appetite and weight
Which of the following is either a group at high risk of becoming infected
with TB or of developing active TB once infected.
A. a person with HIV infection
B. immunosuppressed patients like chemotherapy patients and persons
with diabetes and malnutrition
C. economically and socially depressed people like the homeless,
substance abusers, and current or former prisoners
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, D. immigrants from regions of the world where TB is widespread
E. All of the above - ✔✔E. All of the above
Which of the following should most commonly be used as the initial test for
the presence of TB infection? - ✔✔PPD skin test (also known as the
Mantoux test)
Measures to reduce the spread of TB in health care facilities include.... -
✔✔1. ventilating general-use areas
2. encouraging residents and staff to cover all coughs and sneezes with a
tissue
3. quickly placing residents with suspected or confirmed infectious TB into
a TB isolation room
Ventilation in rooms for TB isolation should.... - ✔✔have air exhausted
directly to the outside of the building, or allow recirculation of air into the
room or the general ventilation system only if the air passes through a high-
efficiency particulate air (hepa) filter
To prevent the escape of infectious particles, the air in a TB isolation room
should NOT flow _____ the room and ____ adjacent rooms or areas, and
this air flow should be monitored at least every______. - ✔✔out of , into,
day
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Tuberculosis infection occurs by.... - ✔✔inhaling airborne particles
generated when a person with infections TB coughs, sneezes, or speaks
A person has "latent" TB when he is infected with TB but has not yet
progressed to infectious TB. TRUE OR FALSE They are contagious -
✔✔FALSE
The most common symptoms of pulmonary TB are a cough lasting for
three weeks or more and - ✔✔bloody sputum, night sweats, fever, and loss
of appetite and weight
Which of the following is either a group at high risk of becoming infected
with TB or of developing active TB once infected.
A. a person with HIV infection
B. immunosuppressed patients like chemotherapy patients and persons
with diabetes and malnutrition
C. economically and socially depressed people like the homeless,
substance abusers, and current or former prisoners
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, D. immigrants from regions of the world where TB is widespread
E. All of the above - ✔✔E. All of the above
Which of the following should most commonly be used as the initial test for
the presence of TB infection? - ✔✔PPD skin test (also known as the
Mantoux test)
Measures to reduce the spread of TB in health care facilities include.... -
✔✔1. ventilating general-use areas
2. encouraging residents and staff to cover all coughs and sneezes with a
tissue
3. quickly placing residents with suspected or confirmed infectious TB into
a TB isolation room
Ventilation in rooms for TB isolation should.... - ✔✔have air exhausted
directly to the outside of the building, or allow recirculation of air into the
room or the general ventilation system only if the air passes through a high-
efficiency particulate air (hepa) filter
To prevent the escape of infectious particles, the air in a TB isolation room
should NOT flow _____ the room and ____ adjacent rooms or areas, and
this air flow should be monitored at least every______. - ✔✔out of , into,
day
2
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