Infection control and personal protection
What color of eyewear is normally worn to protect from curing dental materials?
Orange
Which regulatory agency is involved in regulating the disposal of hazardous waste after it leaves the dental office?
Commonly called athlete’s foot, what is this fungal disease?
Tinea pedis
Streptococci bacteria are identified as bacteria growing in clusters or chains?
Chains
AIDS is caused by contracting the virus
HIV
After instruments have been removed from the ultrasonic cleaner, they should be ___________.
Rinsed and dried
The best way to store sterilized instruments is to store them
In their sterilization pouches, paper side up/plastic side down.
A virus commonly transmitted through mosquito bites is
West Nile virus
The type of bacteria that must have oxygen to live and grow is
Aerobic
The smallest microorganism is
A virus
The heated ethylene oxide sterilization method requires ______________ to sterilize.
120 degrees for 2-3 hours
An autoclave sterilizes by using
Steam under pressure
A slow-growing virus that may be suppressed or dormant for a period of time is considered
Latent
Dysentery is an infection you may get from
Drinking contaminated water
Mumps is an infection of which salivary glands?
Parotid glands
A liquid chemical sterilizer requires ______________ to sterilize.
Room temperature for 10 hours
Who proved that heat kills spores and bacteria?
Louis Pasteur
The route of transmission of a microorganism by breathing in the pathogen is
Which diseases are caused by bacteria?
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Strep throat
After people have had a disease, they develop what kind of immunity to that disease?
Natural acquired immunity
If during the operation of the autoclave a hissing sound comes from the unit, what is the cause?
The gasket is faulty.
The disinfection level that kills some viruses and fungi and most bacterial microorganisms is _______ level.
Low level
The term that indicates when an individual is infected but has no symptoms is
Asymptomatic
Pertussis is a disease that affects the ____________ system.
Respiratory system
The type of immunity a person is born with is ____________.
Natural immunity