Week 1
What microbes are used to make vinegar, vitamins, drain cleaners, enzymes, and other products?
Bacteria
Which governmental agency regulates disinfectants?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
When does CDC recommend that dental unit waterlines with the attached handpieces should be flushed?
What is the first step to be taken after a sterilization failure is detected through spore testing?
take sterilizer out of service
Torn gloves should be replaced
Gloves
What microbe is used to make bread dough rise?
Yeast
Who should be involved in creating a safety culture in a dental facility?
Everyone
Disinfection of dental impressions should last _______ minutes.
15 mins
What is the main reason for packaging instruments before they are placed in a sterilizer?
To protect the instrument from recontamination after sterilization
What personal protective equipment needs to be worn when placing fresh surface covers on previously cleaned and disinfected surfaces?
None
Candida albicans is considered what?
Thrush
Which of the following glove types can be washed and reused?
Heavy Utility Gloves
Which type of microbe is the most difficult to kill?
endospore
How would you sterilize burs made of carbon steel?
In the dry heat sterilizer
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is a division of what governmental agency?
CDC
The major source of disease agents in the dental office is
Mouth of patient
What protective barriers are to be worn when processing contaminated instruments?
gloves, mask, eyewear, protective clothing
Which of the following infection control procedures best minimizes the patient-to-dental team route of transmission when patient treatment involves using of a high-speed handpiece?
HVE
Most of the regulated medical waste in dental office consists of
contaminated sharps and extracted teeth
Most OSHA inspections of dental offices involve complaints about the bloodborne pathogens standard and
hazard communication.
A percutaneous route of exposure to an infectious agent means that exposure occurred
through the skin
What barriers should be removed when leaving the operator during patient's care and place back when returning to the operator?
Why are two disinfecting towelettes used during the wipe-discard-wipe procedure?
The first one cleans the surface and the second one disinfects the surface.
Sharps containers should be
filled only 3/4 full before disposing.
From whom will OSHA take complaints against a dental office?
Employees and patients