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Round-shaped - correct answer ✔✔Cocci are bacteria that are:
Streptococci - correct answer ✔✔Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning?
Diplococci - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are
Spirilla - correct answer ✔✔Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria
called:
Disinfecting - correct answer ✔✔A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful
organisms on environmental surfaces.
Protoplasm - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called:
binary fission - correct answer ✔✔The process whereby bacteria grows to their largest size, and then
divide into two new cells is
bacterial infection - correct answer ✔✔The presence of pus is a sign of:
Local - correct answer ✔✔A___ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a
particular part of the body.
Pediculosis capitis - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is a condition caused by an infestation of
head lice
Immunity - correct answer ✔✔The ability of the body to destroy, resist, and recognize infection
, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) - correct answer ✔✔Disinfectants sold & used in the US must
carry _____ registration number
CDC - correct answer ✔✔Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Standard Precautions?
Safety data sheet - correct answer ✔✔In 2012, OSHA agreed to comply with the Globally Harmonized
System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals System (GHS) which requires the use of a standard-
format called _________ (SDS) to replace the MSDS.
Phenolic disinfectants - correct answer ✔✔A type of disinfectant with a very high pH that can damage
the skin or eyes is called
60 seconds - correct answer ✔✔When washing your hands, after you have used warm water, applied
soap, and then rubbed your hands together until a lather forms, use a disinfected nail brush to brush
your nails horizontally back and forth under the free edges and then up and down along the nail folds of
the fingernails. The process for brushing both hands should take about ______.
Reducing microbes on the skin - correct answer ✔✔Antiseptics are intended for
infectious - correct answer ✔✔Standard precautions require employers and employees to assume that
all human blood and body fluids are potentially
16 - correct answer ✔✔The SDS contains ___ categories of information
10 minutes - correct answer ✔✔When disinfecting a whirlpool foot spa after use by a client, you must
circulate the disinfectant for __________ or for the time recommended by the manufacturer.
With a clean paper towel - correct answer ✔✔After cleaning and disinfecting a pipe-less foot spa at the
end of the day, how should you dry it?
Hepatitis B - correct answer ✔✔Which form of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface?
Round-shaped - correct answer ✔✔Cocci are bacteria that are:
Streptococci - correct answer ✔✔Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning?
Diplococci - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are
Spirilla - correct answer ✔✔Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria
called:
Disinfecting - correct answer ✔✔A chemical process that destroys most, but not necessarily all, harmful
organisms on environmental surfaces.
Protoplasm - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called:
binary fission - correct answer ✔✔The process whereby bacteria grows to their largest size, and then
divide into two new cells is
bacterial infection - correct answer ✔✔The presence of pus is a sign of:
Local - correct answer ✔✔A___ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a
particular part of the body.
Pediculosis capitis - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is a condition caused by an infestation of
head lice
Immunity - correct answer ✔✔The ability of the body to destroy, resist, and recognize infection
, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) - correct answer ✔✔Disinfectants sold & used in the US must
carry _____ registration number
CDC - correct answer ✔✔Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Standard Precautions?
Safety data sheet - correct answer ✔✔In 2012, OSHA agreed to comply with the Globally Harmonized
System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals System (GHS) which requires the use of a standard-
format called _________ (SDS) to replace the MSDS.
Phenolic disinfectants - correct answer ✔✔A type of disinfectant with a very high pH that can damage
the skin or eyes is called
60 seconds - correct answer ✔✔When washing your hands, after you have used warm water, applied
soap, and then rubbed your hands together until a lather forms, use a disinfected nail brush to brush
your nails horizontally back and forth under the free edges and then up and down along the nail folds of
the fingernails. The process for brushing both hands should take about ______.
Reducing microbes on the skin - correct answer ✔✔Antiseptics are intended for
infectious - correct answer ✔✔Standard precautions require employers and employees to assume that
all human blood and body fluids are potentially
16 - correct answer ✔✔The SDS contains ___ categories of information
10 minutes - correct answer ✔✔When disinfecting a whirlpool foot spa after use by a client, you must
circulate the disinfectant for __________ or for the time recommended by the manufacturer.
With a clean paper towel - correct answer ✔✔After cleaning and disinfecting a pipe-less foot spa at the
end of the day, how should you dry it?
Hepatitis B - correct answer ✔✔Which form of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface?
