CNT EXAM 180 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (LATEST )
Role of immune system - ANSWER ✔✔- Differentiate self from non
self
Natural barriers include? - ANSWER ✔✔- Intact skin, mucous
membranes of the nose, throat, urethra and rectum, stomach acid and a
healthy respiratory mucosa
Other factors in the immune response that protect the body from
invasion and infection are the activity of? - ANSWER ✔✔- Epithelial
skin layer, mucus membranes and cleaning effects of tears, urine and
vaginal secretions
Microbes can enter the body through - ANSWER ✔✔- Breaks in the
skin or an orifice (mouth, nose, urethra, etc)
What are potential sources of infectious disease in an acupuncture
setting? - ANSWER ✔✔- Skin of practitioners and patients hands,
blood, saliva, swear, nasal and other bodily secretions, dust, clothing and
hair
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,Autogenous - ANSWER ✔✔- Infections created when pathogens
already present in the person are moved into the body or to another
location within the body where they are pathogens
Example of autogenous - ANSWER ✔✔- Impetigo where normal skin
bacteria enter into subcutaneous areas through a break of the skin and set
up a pustule
Cross infections - ANSWER ✔✔- Pathogens accrued from another
person or by the environment
Most serious cross infections include? - ANSWER ✔✔- HBV, HIV,
MRSA
What are the 5 types of hepatitis? - ANSWER ✔✔- a, b, c, d, e
What two Hepatitis viruses are transmitted fecal-orally - ANSWER ✔✔-
A and E
What hepatitis are transmitted by blood or sexual contact? - ANSWER
✔✔- B, C, D
What hepatitis vaccine should health practitioners get? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Hepatitis B
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, As a health care worker are you legally required to get the HBV
vaccine? - ANSWER ✔✔- No
Hepatitis A is common infection in conditions of? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Poor sanitation and over crowding
HAV is transmitted through? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fecal contaminated food
and water and contaminated blood on hands
HAV may spread through? - ANSWER ✔✔- Sexual contact
Incubation period for HAV is? - ANSWER ✔✔- 15 to 50 days
Average incubation period for HAV - ANSWER ✔✔- 28 days
Are HAV infections a sudden or gradual onset of S&S? - ANSWER
✔✔- Sudden
How long do HAV S&S last? - ANSWER ✔✔- less than 2 months
S&S of HAV include - ANSWER ✔✔- abdominal discomfort, loss of
appetite, fatigue, nausea, dark urine and jaundice
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ANSWERS (LATEST )
Role of immune system - ANSWER ✔✔- Differentiate self from non
self
Natural barriers include? - ANSWER ✔✔- Intact skin, mucous
membranes of the nose, throat, urethra and rectum, stomach acid and a
healthy respiratory mucosa
Other factors in the immune response that protect the body from
invasion and infection are the activity of? - ANSWER ✔✔- Epithelial
skin layer, mucus membranes and cleaning effects of tears, urine and
vaginal secretions
Microbes can enter the body through - ANSWER ✔✔- Breaks in the
skin or an orifice (mouth, nose, urethra, etc)
What are potential sources of infectious disease in an acupuncture
setting? - ANSWER ✔✔- Skin of practitioners and patients hands,
blood, saliva, swear, nasal and other bodily secretions, dust, clothing and
hair
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,Autogenous - ANSWER ✔✔- Infections created when pathogens
already present in the person are moved into the body or to another
location within the body where they are pathogens
Example of autogenous - ANSWER ✔✔- Impetigo where normal skin
bacteria enter into subcutaneous areas through a break of the skin and set
up a pustule
Cross infections - ANSWER ✔✔- Pathogens accrued from another
person or by the environment
Most serious cross infections include? - ANSWER ✔✔- HBV, HIV,
MRSA
What are the 5 types of hepatitis? - ANSWER ✔✔- a, b, c, d, e
What two Hepatitis viruses are transmitted fecal-orally - ANSWER ✔✔-
A and E
What hepatitis are transmitted by blood or sexual contact? - ANSWER
✔✔- B, C, D
What hepatitis vaccine should health practitioners get? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Hepatitis B
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, As a health care worker are you legally required to get the HBV
vaccine? - ANSWER ✔✔- No
Hepatitis A is common infection in conditions of? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Poor sanitation and over crowding
HAV is transmitted through? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fecal contaminated food
and water and contaminated blood on hands
HAV may spread through? - ANSWER ✔✔- Sexual contact
Incubation period for HAV is? - ANSWER ✔✔- 15 to 50 days
Average incubation period for HAV - ANSWER ✔✔- 28 days
Are HAV infections a sudden or gradual onset of S&S? - ANSWER
✔✔- Sudden
How long do HAV S&S last? - ANSWER ✔✔- less than 2 months
S&S of HAV include - ANSWER ✔✔- abdominal discomfort, loss of
appetite, fatigue, nausea, dark urine and jaundice
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