NESA Annual Mandatory Training Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Antibiotics and similar drugs are called? - CORRECT ANSWER - antimicrobial agents
How long have antimicrobial agents been used? - CORRECT ANSWER - 70 years, since
1940
What is the issue with antimicrobial agents - CORRECT ANSWER - Many fungi, viruses,
and parasites (infectious organisms have become resistant to antimicrobial agent or a related
class.
Name some multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
gram negative bacilli (GNB)
Is the prevention of MDROs the same everywhere? - CORRECT ANSWER - no the
prevention has to be tailored specifically to each population and institution.
Where does antimicriobial drug resistance occur - CORRECT ANSWER - Everywhere in
the world... it is not limited to industrialized nations
What happens when a patient is infected with a drug resistant organism? - CORRECT
ANSWER - longer and more expensive hospital stay....
more likely to die
have to use 2nd or 3rd choice durs that can be less effective, more toxic or more expensive
What are the trends in Drug resistance?
,MRSA
Klebsiella
E. coli
Streptococcus pneumoniae - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing MRSA infections in US
and globally
Multidrug reistant Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli have been isolated throughout the US
Antibiotic-resitant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections have significantly declined, some
concerns in some areas.
What are the trends in Drug resistance?
fungi
HIV
malaria - CORRECT ANSWER - Antimicrobial resistance is emerging among fungi that
cause infections in transplant patients with weak immune
Antimicrobial resistance has also been noted with some of the drugs used to treat HIV infections
and influenza.
Antimicrobial resistance to the drugs used to treat malaria infections problem around the world,
along with resistant parasites
How to prevent spread of antimicrobial resistant infections - CORRECT ANSWER -
optimal management of vascular and urinary catheters
prevention of lower respiratory tract infection in intubated patients, accurate diagnosis of
infectious etiologies
judicious selection and utilization
spear headed by the Campaign to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance
What is antibiotic resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - is the ability of bacteria or other
microbes to resist the effects of an antibiotic
, Why should I be concerned about antibiotic resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Because
the disease can become difficult/impossible to treat. It than spreads from person to person
What is the misconception about people and medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - person's
body becomes resistant to specific drugs.
The truth...it is the microbes, not people, that become resistant to the drugs.
Why are bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER - Because of
repeated and improper use of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are for bacterial infections not viral infections(common cold, most sore throats, flu)
Smart use is the key to controlling spread of resistance.
How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural
Selection.
Mutation
Destruction
Eflux
Genetic transfer
-conjugation
-transformation
-transduction
Modes of Transmission of infectious organisms - CORRECT ANSWER - Contact
transmission
-direct contact transmission
-indirect contact transmission
Droplet transmission
Airborne transmission
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Antibiotics and similar drugs are called? - CORRECT ANSWER - antimicrobial agents
How long have antimicrobial agents been used? - CORRECT ANSWER - 70 years, since
1940
What is the issue with antimicrobial agents - CORRECT ANSWER - Many fungi, viruses,
and parasites (infectious organisms have become resistant to antimicrobial agent or a related
class.
Name some multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
gram negative bacilli (GNB)
Is the prevention of MDROs the same everywhere? - CORRECT ANSWER - no the
prevention has to be tailored specifically to each population and institution.
Where does antimicriobial drug resistance occur - CORRECT ANSWER - Everywhere in
the world... it is not limited to industrialized nations
What happens when a patient is infected with a drug resistant organism? - CORRECT
ANSWER - longer and more expensive hospital stay....
more likely to die
have to use 2nd or 3rd choice durs that can be less effective, more toxic or more expensive
What are the trends in Drug resistance?
,MRSA
Klebsiella
E. coli
Streptococcus pneumoniae - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing MRSA infections in US
and globally
Multidrug reistant Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli have been isolated throughout the US
Antibiotic-resitant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections have significantly declined, some
concerns in some areas.
What are the trends in Drug resistance?
fungi
HIV
malaria - CORRECT ANSWER - Antimicrobial resistance is emerging among fungi that
cause infections in transplant patients with weak immune
Antimicrobial resistance has also been noted with some of the drugs used to treat HIV infections
and influenza.
Antimicrobial resistance to the drugs used to treat malaria infections problem around the world,
along with resistant parasites
How to prevent spread of antimicrobial resistant infections - CORRECT ANSWER -
optimal management of vascular and urinary catheters
prevention of lower respiratory tract infection in intubated patients, accurate diagnosis of
infectious etiologies
judicious selection and utilization
spear headed by the Campaign to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance
What is antibiotic resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - is the ability of bacteria or other
microbes to resist the effects of an antibiotic
, Why should I be concerned about antibiotic resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Because
the disease can become difficult/impossible to treat. It than spreads from person to person
What is the misconception about people and medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - person's
body becomes resistant to specific drugs.
The truth...it is the microbes, not people, that become resistant to the drugs.
Why are bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER - Because of
repeated and improper use of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are for bacterial infections not viral infections(common cold, most sore throats, flu)
Smart use is the key to controlling spread of resistance.
How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics? - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural
Selection.
Mutation
Destruction
Eflux
Genetic transfer
-conjugation
-transformation
-transduction
Modes of Transmission of infectious organisms - CORRECT ANSWER - Contact
transmission
-direct contact transmission
-indirect contact transmission
Droplet transmission
Airborne transmission
