INFECTION CONTROL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Handwashing and routine cleaning.
Best way to prevent infection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wash your hands.
Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How a pathogen spreads.
3 types of transmission based precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Airborne, droplet, and contact.
CDC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Center for Disease Control
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape. Cocci are round,
bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or corkscrew in shape.
Protozoa - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The smallest microorganisms that require a living cell to reproduce.
Endogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections are ones that begin inside the body, such as a tumor.
Exogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections are caused by something outside the body, such as
radiation or chemical solutions.
Noscomial Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They are disease acquired by an individual within a health
care facility.
Oppurtunistic Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They occur when the body's defenses are weak, such
as a patient who has AIDS.
Medical Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Handwashing and routine cleaning.
Best way to prevent infection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wash your hands.
Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How a pathogen spreads.
3 types of transmission based precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Airborne, droplet, and contact.
CDC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Center for Disease Control
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape. Cocci are round,
bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or corkscrew in shape.
Protozoa - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The smallest microorganisms that require a living cell to reproduce.
Endogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections are ones that begin inside the body, such as a tumor.
Exogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections are caused by something outside the body, such as
radiation or chemical solutions.
Noscomial Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They are disease acquired by an individual within a health
care facility.
Oppurtunistic Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅They occur when the body's defenses are weak, such
as a patient who has AIDS.
