Dental Assisting: Infection Control UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Dental Assisting: Infection Control
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
DHCP - CORRECT ANSWER - Dental Health Care Personnel



EPA - CORRECT ANSWER - Environmental Protection Agency



FDA - CORRECT ANSWER - Food and Drug Administration



HBV - CORRECT ANSWER - Hepatitis B Virus



IC - CORRECT ANSWER - Infection Control



ICC/ICRF - CORRECT ANSWER - Infection Control Committee/ReviewFunction



OPIM - CORRECT ANSWER - Other Potentially Infectious Materials



PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal Protective Equipment



Why is infection control important in dentistry? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Both patients
and dental personnel can be exposed to pathogens
-Contact with blood, oral and respiratory secretions, and contaminated equipment occurs
-proper procedures can prevent transmission of infection to patients and DHCP


Chain of Infection - CORRECT ANSWER - Pathogen>Source>Mode of
Transmission>Entry>Susceptible Host>restart

, Immunizations - CORRECT ANSWER - -Substantially reduce the potential for disease
transmission to DHCP and patients
-Essential part of prevention and IC programs


Work Restrictions - CORRECT ANSWER - -policies should encourage personnel to seek
care and report their illnesses


Selected diseases and work restrictions: - CORRECT ANSWER - -Conjuctivitis: until no
discharge
-Diarrhea disease: until symptoms stop
-Herpes Simplex: until lesions heal
-Measles/rubella: about a week
-Pertussis: 5 days after antibiotics
-Strep Group A: 24 hours after antibiotics
-Varicella: until lesions crust
-Viral Respiratory Illness: until symptoms resolve
-Shingles/Zoster: cover lesions/crusted


Preventing Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER - -standard
precautions
-engineering controls
-work practice controls
-post exposure management and prophylaxis


Potential Routes of Tranmission of Bloodborne Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER -
patient-DHCP
DHCP-patient
Patient-patient