INFECTION CONTROL UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Best way to prevent infection
Answer: Wash your hands.
●● Transmission
Answer: How a pathogen spreads.
●● 3 types of transmission based precautions
Answer: Airborne, droplet, and contact.
●● CDC
Answer: Center for Disease Control
●● Bacteria
Answer: One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape. Cocci are
round, bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or corkscrew in
shape.
●● Protozoa
, Answer: This is the simplest organisms in the animal kingdom. They are
single-celled microorganisms that exist in colonies. They are often found
in watery
●● Viruses
Answer: The smallest microorganisms that require a living cell to
reproduce.
●● Endogenous
Answer: Infections are ones that begin inside the body, such as a tumor.
●● Exogenous
Answer: Infections are caused by something outside the body, such as
radiation or chemical solutions.
●● Noscomial Infections
Answer: They are disease acquired by an individual within a health care
facility.
●● Oppurtunistic Infections
Answer: They occur when the body's defenses are weak, such as a
patient who has AIDS.
●● Portal of Exit
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Best way to prevent infection
Answer: Wash your hands.
●● Transmission
Answer: How a pathogen spreads.
●● 3 types of transmission based precautions
Answer: Airborne, droplet, and contact.
●● CDC
Answer: Center for Disease Control
●● Bacteria
Answer: One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape. Cocci are
round, bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or corkscrew in
shape.
●● Protozoa
, Answer: This is the simplest organisms in the animal kingdom. They are
single-celled microorganisms that exist in colonies. They are often found
in watery
●● Viruses
Answer: The smallest microorganisms that require a living cell to
reproduce.
●● Endogenous
Answer: Infections are ones that begin inside the body, such as a tumor.
●● Exogenous
Answer: Infections are caused by something outside the body, such as
radiation or chemical solutions.
●● Noscomial Infections
Answer: They are disease acquired by an individual within a health care
facility.
●● Oppurtunistic Infections
Answer: They occur when the body's defenses are weak, such as a
patient who has AIDS.
●● Portal of Exit
