Infection Control Practice Questions
What are the 6 components of the infectious cycle? - -Infectious agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
-What are four infectious agents? - -bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa
-Person-to-person contact - -Means of transmission
-Exit & entry Portal - -skin, respiratory, & GI tract
-Reservoir - -Wound drainage, food, oxygen, tubing
-Signs & Symptoms to indicate a systemic infection - -Fever, Malaise,
Increased pule & respiratory rate
-Signs & symptoms to indicate a localized infection - -Edema, Pain,
tenderness, warmth of the area on palpation
-An N95 mask is used for what type of Precaution? - -Airborne
-When do you use Droplet precautions? - -Patients with rubella, mumps,
pneumonia, pharyngitis, pertussis
-When do you use Contact Precautions? - -shingles, herpes, wound
infections, scabies, c-diff.
-What is Exogenous? - -Microorganisms found outside the individual
-What is endogenous? - -When the normal floras becomes altered or
overgrown
-Nonsocial Infection - -Infection acquired in the hospital
-Asepsis - -the absence of illness-producing organisms
-medical asepsis - -the use of precise practices to reduce the number,
growth, & spread of microorganisms from an object, person, or area
-surgical aspesis - -the use of precise practices to eliminate all
microorganisms from an object or area.
What are the 6 components of the infectious cycle? - -Infectious agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
-What are four infectious agents? - -bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa
-Person-to-person contact - -Means of transmission
-Exit & entry Portal - -skin, respiratory, & GI tract
-Reservoir - -Wound drainage, food, oxygen, tubing
-Signs & Symptoms to indicate a systemic infection - -Fever, Malaise,
Increased pule & respiratory rate
-Signs & symptoms to indicate a localized infection - -Edema, Pain,
tenderness, warmth of the area on palpation
-An N95 mask is used for what type of Precaution? - -Airborne
-When do you use Droplet precautions? - -Patients with rubella, mumps,
pneumonia, pharyngitis, pertussis
-When do you use Contact Precautions? - -shingles, herpes, wound
infections, scabies, c-diff.
-What is Exogenous? - -Microorganisms found outside the individual
-What is endogenous? - -When the normal floras becomes altered or
overgrown
-Nonsocial Infection - -Infection acquired in the hospital
-Asepsis - -the absence of illness-producing organisms
-medical asepsis - -the use of precise practices to reduce the number,
growth, & spread of microorganisms from an object, person, or area
-surgical aspesis - -the use of precise practices to eliminate all
microorganisms from an object or area.
