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Which of the following is the most appropriate action of the medical assistant when removing contaminated gloves?
Turn the gloves inside out one over the other.
Throw the gloves into a separate container.
Throw the gloves away in the regular garbage.
Hold hands near the body and pull quickly.
Turn the gloves inside out one over the other.
Which of the following diseases does NOT need to be reported to the CDC’s Notifiable Disease Surveillance System?
Salmonella
Meningitis
Lyme disease
Chickenpox
Chickenpox
Which of the following is NOT an effect of inflammation?
Forming antigens
Restricting the amount of damage
Eliminating pathogen by-products
Destroying pathogens
Forming antigens
Which of the following best defines pathogen?
Normal flora
Causes infectious disease
Necessary for plant survival
Helps cure disease
Causes infectious disease
The science that studies the history, cause, and patterns of infectious diseases is known as what?
Epidemiology
Infectology
Histology
Diseaseology
Epidemiology
Which of the following best describes a susceptible host?
Equipment and water
Immunosuppressants and the elderly
Protozoa and fungi
Excretions and secretions
Respiratory tract and broken skin
Immunosuppressants and the elderly
Which of the following best describes a portal of exit?
Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of OSHA regulations?
Ensuring safety in the workplace
Requiring HBV vaccination
Ensuring universal precautions
Regulating BSI in the medical office
Implementing CLIA regulations
Ensuring safety in the workplace
Which of the following types of immunity is achieved through administration of ready-made antibodies?
Congenital passive immunity
Artificial active immunity
Artificially acquired passive
Passive immunity
Artificially acquired passive
Who is credited with the first vaccine to protect against smallpox?
Koch
Pasteur
Jenner
Curie
Jenner
When hand washing with antimicrobial soap and water is not available, which method can be used?
Antimicrobial wipes
Lotion
Do nothing
Alcohol-based hand rub
Alcohol-based hand rub
Which medical asepsis process uses various chemicals that can destroy many pathogenic microorganisms?
Ultrasound
Sterilization
Which medical asepsis process uses various chemicals that can destroy many pathogenic microorganisms?
Ultrasound
Sterilization
Disinfection
Sanitizatio
Sanitizatio
Disinfection
Which of the following would NOT break the infection cycle?
Sanitation
Hand washing
Throwing needles in the garbage
Disinfection
Throwing needles in the garbage
Which of the following stimulates the body’s own antibody production?
Artificial pathogens
Killed pathogens
Pathogenic toxins
Live attenuated pathogens
Live attenuated pathogens
Which of the following stages of infectious disease shows improvement levels of health?
Incubation
Acute
Convalescent
Declining
Prodromal
Declining
Which of the following links in the infection cycle is the sixth link?
Infectious host
Portal of entry
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Susceptible host
Susceptible host
Which of the following are examples of a reservoir in the infection cycle?
Respiratory tract and broken skin
Equipment and water
Immunosuppressants and the elderly
Excretions and secretions
Protozoa and fungi
Equipment and water
Which of the following diseases does NOT have an available vaccine?
HBV
Chickenpox
HCV
Measles
HCV
Both health care professionals and patients can have an allergy to latex. A severe anaphylactic reaction can occur, which consist of the following symptoms:
Vascular collapse
all of the above
Respiratory distress
Hypotension
Laryngeal edema
all of the above
Which of the following are Modes of Transmission within the infection cycle?
All of the above are correct
Indirect and direct contact
Airborne
bloodborne
All of the above are correct
Which of the following classifications of vaccines include tetanus and diphtheria?
Pathogenic toxins
Live attenuated pathogens
Killed pathogens
Artificial pathogens
Pathogenic toxins
Which of the following is the step in the infection cycle when an infectious agent leaves the reservoir host?
Mode of transmission
Susceptible host
Portal of entry
Portal of exit
Infectious agent
Portal of exit
Which of the following types of immunity is achieved following administration of vaccines?
Acquired active immunity
Artificial active immunity
Passive immunity
Congenital passive immunity
Artificial active immunity
Which of the following stages of infectious disease includes general complaints such as malaise and fever?
Declining
Prodromal
Acute
Incubation
Convalescent
Prodromal
causes athlete’s foot and ringworm
examples are protozoa and metazoa
intracellular parasites larger than viruses
identified by characteristic shapes
requires a living cell for reproduction
fungi
parasites
rickettsiae
bacteria
virus