BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS - TATTOO ED
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Alcohol based hand sanitizer - Accurate answers An antimicrobial skin sanitizer that contais a
minimum concentration of at least 60% alcohol
Aseptic Technique - Accurate answers Practices used by a tattoo artist to prevent cross
contamination
Compromised package - Accurate answers A wet, torn, or stained package
Contaminated - Accurate answers The presence of disease-causing organisms or inanimate objects
or surfaces
Cross-contamination - Accurate answers The act of spreading disease causing organisms from one
surface to another
Disinfect - Accurate answers The use of product registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) as a tuberculocidal disinfectant which results in the the reduction of disease causing
organisms on objects or surfaces, thereby rendering them safe for handling and use
Equipment - Accurate answers All machinery: fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, furniture,
storage areas, sinks, and all other apparatus use in connection with the operations of a tattoo shop
Incubation period - Accurate answers The period between initial infection and the onset of
symptoms
Infectious agent - Accurate answers Organisms, such as bacteria, fungus, parasite, and viruses that
are capable of spreading disease
Instruments - Accurate answers Hand pieces and other tools that may come into contact with a
customer's body or be exposed to bodily fluids during tattooing
Period of communicability - Accurate answers the time during which an infectious agent may be
transferred directly or indirectly from an infected person to another person
Single use - Accurate answers Products that are intended for a one time use and are disposed of
after use on each customer: cotton swabs, razors, gauze pads, etc
Spore strip - Accurate answers A device used to monitor the sterilization process in a steam
autoclave to ensure destruction of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores
Sterizilization - Accurate answers The use of a steam autoclave to destroy all forms of microbial
life, including spores
, Tattoo artist - Accurate answers As defined in section 381.00771, F.S., including an artist who
performs cosmetic tattooing
Unobstructed access - Accurate answers A situation where an artist can wash their hands and
return to the tattooing area without recontaminating their hands by handling an object such as a door
knob
Blood borne pathogen (BBP) - Accurate answers A type of bacteria or virus that is spread by
contact with an infected individual's blood or other potentially infectious bodily fluids:
semen, vaginal secretions, spinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, and
saliva
BBP's can be spread if a person: - Accurate answers - receives contaminated blood or blood
covered products
- shares needles
- has unprotected sexual intercourse
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - Accurate answers The virus that leads to Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV damages a person's body by destroying CD4+T blood cells - which the
body uses to help fight diseases. No cure or vaccination. Can be transmitted through: blood, semen,
vaginal fluid, breast milk, unprotected sex or sharing/reusing needles, or blood transfusions
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - Accurate answers Most serious stage of HIV
infection. At this stage, the body is completely unable to fight of diseases and cancer. No cure or
vaccination.
HIV warning signs - Accurate answers - rapid weight loss
- dry cough
Recurring fever or profuse night sweats
- profound fatigue
- swollen lymph glands in armpits, neck or groin
- white spots on tongue, mouth and throat
- pneumonia
-memory loss, depression, etc
- diarrhea that lasts for more than a week
Red, brown, pink or purple blotches on or under skin, inside mouth, nose or eyelids
Hepatitis B (HBV) - Accurate answers "Hepatitis" is defined as swelling of the liver. Specifically Hep
B is one of the several common types of Hepatitis and is often defined as acute or chronic. There is a
vaccine. Can develop into long term chronic HBV which can lead to liver disease or liver cancer
Symptoms of HBV - Accurate answers - clay colored bowel movements
- dark urine
- fever
- fatigue
- vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- loss of appetite
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Alcohol based hand sanitizer - Accurate answers An antimicrobial skin sanitizer that contais a
minimum concentration of at least 60% alcohol
Aseptic Technique - Accurate answers Practices used by a tattoo artist to prevent cross
contamination
Compromised package - Accurate answers A wet, torn, or stained package
Contaminated - Accurate answers The presence of disease-causing organisms or inanimate objects
or surfaces
Cross-contamination - Accurate answers The act of spreading disease causing organisms from one
surface to another
Disinfect - Accurate answers The use of product registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) as a tuberculocidal disinfectant which results in the the reduction of disease causing
organisms on objects or surfaces, thereby rendering them safe for handling and use
Equipment - Accurate answers All machinery: fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, furniture,
storage areas, sinks, and all other apparatus use in connection with the operations of a tattoo shop
Incubation period - Accurate answers The period between initial infection and the onset of
symptoms
Infectious agent - Accurate answers Organisms, such as bacteria, fungus, parasite, and viruses that
are capable of spreading disease
Instruments - Accurate answers Hand pieces and other tools that may come into contact with a
customer's body or be exposed to bodily fluids during tattooing
Period of communicability - Accurate answers the time during which an infectious agent may be
transferred directly or indirectly from an infected person to another person
Single use - Accurate answers Products that are intended for a one time use and are disposed of
after use on each customer: cotton swabs, razors, gauze pads, etc
Spore strip - Accurate answers A device used to monitor the sterilization process in a steam
autoclave to ensure destruction of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores
Sterizilization - Accurate answers The use of a steam autoclave to destroy all forms of microbial
life, including spores
, Tattoo artist - Accurate answers As defined in section 381.00771, F.S., including an artist who
performs cosmetic tattooing
Unobstructed access - Accurate answers A situation where an artist can wash their hands and
return to the tattooing area without recontaminating their hands by handling an object such as a door
knob
Blood borne pathogen (BBP) - Accurate answers A type of bacteria or virus that is spread by
contact with an infected individual's blood or other potentially infectious bodily fluids:
semen, vaginal secretions, spinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, and
saliva
BBP's can be spread if a person: - Accurate answers - receives contaminated blood or blood
covered products
- shares needles
- has unprotected sexual intercourse
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - Accurate answers The virus that leads to Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV damages a person's body by destroying CD4+T blood cells - which the
body uses to help fight diseases. No cure or vaccination. Can be transmitted through: blood, semen,
vaginal fluid, breast milk, unprotected sex or sharing/reusing needles, or blood transfusions
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - Accurate answers Most serious stage of HIV
infection. At this stage, the body is completely unable to fight of diseases and cancer. No cure or
vaccination.
HIV warning signs - Accurate answers - rapid weight loss
- dry cough
Recurring fever or profuse night sweats
- profound fatigue
- swollen lymph glands in armpits, neck or groin
- white spots on tongue, mouth and throat
- pneumonia
-memory loss, depression, etc
- diarrhea that lasts for more than a week
Red, brown, pink or purple blotches on or under skin, inside mouth, nose or eyelids
Hepatitis B (HBV) - Accurate answers "Hepatitis" is defined as swelling of the liver. Specifically Hep
B is one of the several common types of Hepatitis and is often defined as acute or chronic. There is a
vaccine. Can develop into long term chronic HBV which can lead to liver disease or liver cancer
Symptoms of HBV - Accurate answers - clay colored bowel movements
- dark urine
- fever
- fatigue
- vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- loss of appetite
