Microbiology
Which parasitic disease is the most common in humans on a worldwide scale?
A non sterile person should approach a sterile area face forward while maintaining a distance of?
What is 12 inches
Serious, sometimes fatal healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are caused by the lack of proper hand hygiene allowing the spread of?
What is C. difficile.
How many phases are there in bacterial growth?
What is four.
What is the medical term for normal breathing?
What is eupnea.
Which type of bacteria are characterized by their spherical, grape-cluster appearance?
What is Staphylococci.
During manual cleaning of surgical instruments, what type of solution should be use?
What is lukewarm water, detergent, and enzymatic cleaner with a neutral pH.
PPEs are?
What are Personal protective equipment.
Necrotizing fasciitis is most often the result of a break in the skin allowing which of the following to gain access to the deeper tissues and cause damage?
What is Enterococci.
Which naming category for pharmaceutical drugs would NOT be used in the health care setting?
What is street name.
Which group of bacteria demonstrate the highest intrinsic resistance to vancomycin?
What is Enterococci.
The physical or chemical process by which all living microorganisms, including spores, are killed is?
What is sterilization.
What health-care associated infection has demonstrated the highest mortality rate?
What is Clostridium difficile.
What type of pathogen is responsible for the painful condition known as shingles?
What is viral.
Which type of medication container would pose the highest risk of injury to the handler and contamination of the medication by glass particles?
What is an ampule.
Which disease is commonly associated with dented or bulging cans of food?
What is Botulism.
What is the common name for the high-level disinfectant sodium hypochlorite?
What is bleach.
What are two patient related factors that increase the risk of developing a SSI are?
What is age, obesity, general health, carriers of S. aureus or MRSA, remote infections, preoperative hospitalizations, preexisting illness (compromised immune systems.
Which of the following diseases has developed both a drug-resistant and an extensively drug resistant form that requires long-term and expensive antibiotic therapy?
What is Tuberculosis.
Which vitamin is required for activation of the body's natural clotting mechanism?
What is vitamin K.
Which Clostridium bacteria may cause iatrogenic infection following treatment for spasticity or hyperhidrosis?
What is C. botulinum
Which term means the number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time?
What is bioburden.
Which of the following bacteria are capable of survival in adverse conditions and of particular focus in sterilization methods to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs)?
What are spore-forming bacteria.
What sexually transmitted disease characterized by lesions that range from small, flattened areas to extensive, cauliflower-like growths?
What is condyloma.
What classification of drugs is used to induce uterine contractions and reduce bleeding after vaginal or cesarean delivery?
What is oxytocic.