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Test #2- Micro
Micro-Surgical Technology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the period of actual illness? | Acute |
| What is another name for CONTAGIOUS? | communicable |
| What is the name for an infection caused by healthcare? | Nosocomial |
| What is acquired from sexual intercourse? | STD |
| What is expelled from coughing? | Sputum |
| What causes HEP B? | Virus |
| What is a disease causing microorganism? | Pathogen |
| What type of shock is caused due to an allergic reaction? | Anaphylactic |
| What is the power of a pathogen to cause disease? | Virulence |
| What is the term for forming or containing pus? | purulent |
| What is the name of the tetani found in the soil? | Clostridium |
| What is the name of the agent through which microbes transfer? | Medium |
| What term means the absence of pathogens? | Asepsis |
| What is the reaction of the invasion of pathogens? | Infection |
| What are the four stages of an acute infection? | Incubation Prodromal Acute Convalescent |
| In which stage of an acute infection in a short period, usually a day or les, when symptoms are vague or cause only mild discomfort? | Prodromal |
| In which stage of an acute infection is the period between the entrance of an organism to the body and the onset of symptoms? | Incubation |
| In which stage of an acute infection is the period of the actual illness with symptoms, and degree with fever? | Acute |
| In which stage of an acute infection is the period hen the fever begins to decline and the symptoms become acute? | Convalescent |
| What type of infection runs a rapid and severe course terminating abruptly, severe in nature? | Acute |
| What type of infection runs a slow course over a long period of time; may last from weeks to years? | Chronic |
| When cleaning a biohazardous spill what % of bleach solution is poured over the site, allowed to sit, then wiped up with disposable towels? | 3 to 10 |
| What technique involves procedures that render and maintain an object or area completely free of pathogens? | Aseptic |
| What is the term for persons who harbor pathogens without being sick themselves and who shed organisms into the environment? | Carrier |
| Refers to a disease capable of being transmitted more or less rapidly to other persons; it is easily transmitted and can also be called contagious | Communicable |
| What is the transmission of microorganisms form person to person or from object to person and vice versa? | Contamination |
| What is the transmission of microorganisms from one source to another? | Cross-Contamination |
| What is the process of removing organisms from articles, rooms and linen after their use to make them safe to handle? | Decontamination |
| What is the separation of the layers of the surgical wound? | Dehiscence |
| What is the protrusion of an organ from a surgical wound? | Evisceration |
| What is the name for the very small masses of liquid that are carried in a spray from the nose or mouth which evaporate before settling and remain suspended in the air? | Droplet Nuclei |
| What is the division of medical science concerned with defining and explaining the interrelationships of the host, agent, and environment in causing disease? | Epidemiology |
| What are the three types of diseases that can be caused throughout the world? | Endemic Epidemic Pandemic |
| What is the name of the diseases that are constantly present in the region, community, or population but only involve few numbers of people? | Endemic |
| Chicken pox is an example of what type of disease? | Endemic |
| What is the name of the diseases that occur with greater-than-normal incidence of reported cases and affects a large population of people? | Epidemic |
| Measles, The flu, and the plague are examples of what type of disease? | Epidemic |
| What is the name of a disease that occurs worldwide and affects a large number of the population? | Pandemic |
| Aids is an example of what kind of disease? | Pandemic |
| What type of source is an intermediate, inanimate source in the process of disease transmission? | Fomite |
| What is the name of the organism that harbors or nourishes another organism? | Host |
| What is the name for the period between the entrance of organisms into the body and the onset of the symptoms? | Incubation |
| What is the name for the transmission of microorganisms by an intermediate nonliving source? | Indirect |
| What is the name for the destruction of bacteria through good cleaning processes or possibly by boiling in water? | Sanitization |
| What is a disease condition denoting the presence of pathogenic bacteria and pus? | Sepsis |
| What is the name for microorganisms that do not normally invade tissue but are capable of causing infection or disease when introduced or given the opportunity? | Opportunistic |
| What type of disease is acquired as a result of sexual intercourse with an infected individual? | STD |
| What term means not sterile, but as clean as possible? | Surgically Clean |
| What is process of sterilizing articles after they have been used and before putting them into circulation again? | Terminal sterilization |
| What is the name for the set of guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens? | Standard Precautions or Universal Precautions |
| What type of transmission source can be an animal, especially an insect, that transmits pathogens from one infected person to a non-infected person? | Vector |
| What is the number one defense against the infection of microbes? | Intact Skin |
| The skin, Respiratory tract, Alimentary tract, Genitourinary tract , Placenta, and the circulatory system are all examples of human portals of _______. | Entry |
| What is the pathway by which microorganism leave the body? | Human Portals of Exit |
| The blood, fecal matter, urine, sputum, saliva, tears , semen and vaginal secretions are examples of human portals of __________. | Exit |
| What is the transmission of a contagious disease by a healthy person coming in contact with a person who is a carrier of or has the disease? | Direct Contact |
| What is the transmission of a contagious disease that denotes the spread of the disease by some medium other than directly toughing an infected person? | Indirect Contact |
| Organisms are more _________ if they produce hemolysins, coagulase, enzymes, endotoxins, or exotoxins. | Virulent |
| The longer you are in contact with the microorganism, the more likely you are to acquiring the infection. This is the _____________. | Duration of Exposure |
| What determines whether or not infection will take place and the severity of the disease? | Resistance |
| What is another term for poor circulation? | ischemia |
| What are the different types of infections? | Primary Secondary Latent Mixed |
| The first or original infection is called what? | Primary |
| The infection that follows or complicated the original disease is called what? | Secondary |
| Which type of infection is inactive or hidden? | Latent |
| What type of infection is caused by more than one organism? | Mixed |
| Who developed the standard precautions; that all biohazardous and potentially biohazardous materials must be treated as though they are infectious? | OSHA |
| Why do most surgical infections occur during a procedure? | contamination |
| What are the most common sites for nosocomial infections? | Genitourinary Surgical Wounds Respiratory tract Venous access points |
| What type of agent weakens the patients ability to fight off diseases? | Immunosuppressive |
| The sources of surgical site infections are divided into what two groups? | Environmental Endogenous |
| What type of infection is classified according to their risk of contamination and infection? | Surgical Site |
| What class is considered clean and has a 1-5% risk of infection? | Class 1 |
| What class is considered clean contaminated and has a 3-7% risk of infection; also entered under controlled circumstances? | Class 2 |
| What class is considered contaminated and has a 10-17% risk of infection; there was a major break in aseptic technique? | Class 3 |
| What class is considered Dirty/Infected and has a >27% risk of infection. Could be your old traumatic wounds, existing infection and pus formation. and example would be a compound fracture | Class 4 |
| What is the name for a chemical compound that inhibits the growth of bacteria? | Antiseptic |
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