68W LPC STUDY SHEET 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What does virulence mean?.
Answer: Pathogens strength to cause disease.
◉ What is a host resistance?.
Answer: Naturally occurring body flora have an antibiotic
relationship with pathogens and contribute to an individual's health.
◉ What is nosocomial infection?.
Answer: an infection acquired in a hospital
◉ What 3 reasons cause nosocomial infections?.
Answer: Number of disease, causing microorganisms,
microorganisms are resistant antibiotics, many potential reservoirs
for pathological growth.
◉ What does dirty mean?.
Answer: Any object or person that has not been cleaned or sterilized
for removal of microorganisms.
,◉ What does contaminated mean?.
Answer: Was clean or sterile before it touched a dirty object.
◉ What does clean mean?.
Answer: Why is that many or most harmful microorganisms have
been removed.
◉ What does sterile mean?.
Answer: Means that the item is free of all microorganisms and
spores.
◉ What does disinfectant mean?.
Answer: Play most pathogens, but not necessarily their spores.
◉ What does sterilization mean?.
Answer: Destroys all microorganisms and spores by the process of
exposing articles to heat or to chemical disinfectants long enough to
kill all microorganisms and spores called autoclave.
◉ What are the 3 types of precautions?.
Answer: airborne, droplet, contact
◉ When would you use neutropenic precautions? (4).
, Answer: Protection from the outside environment, other peoples
microorganisms, weekend, immune response, patients, Burns, or
bone marrow transplants.
◉ What is surgical asepsis?.
Answer: No Organisms are carried to the patient
◉ How long do you wash your hands?.
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds, but could last as long as two minutes or
longer.
◉ What is an antibiotic?.
Answer: drug that kills bacteria
◉ Examples of topical antibiotics?.
Answer: neosporin, bacitracin, silvadene
◉ How long will pts have to take oral antibiotics?.
Answer: 7-10 days
◉ What are the (5) advantages of oral antibiotics?.
Answer: Oldest method, safest, most economical, most convenient,
and easy to administer.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What does virulence mean?.
Answer: Pathogens strength to cause disease.
◉ What is a host resistance?.
Answer: Naturally occurring body flora have an antibiotic
relationship with pathogens and contribute to an individual's health.
◉ What is nosocomial infection?.
Answer: an infection acquired in a hospital
◉ What 3 reasons cause nosocomial infections?.
Answer: Number of disease, causing microorganisms,
microorganisms are resistant antibiotics, many potential reservoirs
for pathological growth.
◉ What does dirty mean?.
Answer: Any object or person that has not been cleaned or sterilized
for removal of microorganisms.
,◉ What does contaminated mean?.
Answer: Was clean or sterile before it touched a dirty object.
◉ What does clean mean?.
Answer: Why is that many or most harmful microorganisms have
been removed.
◉ What does sterile mean?.
Answer: Means that the item is free of all microorganisms and
spores.
◉ What does disinfectant mean?.
Answer: Play most pathogens, but not necessarily their spores.
◉ What does sterilization mean?.
Answer: Destroys all microorganisms and spores by the process of
exposing articles to heat or to chemical disinfectants long enough to
kill all microorganisms and spores called autoclave.
◉ What are the 3 types of precautions?.
Answer: airborne, droplet, contact
◉ When would you use neutropenic precautions? (4).
, Answer: Protection from the outside environment, other peoples
microorganisms, weekend, immune response, patients, Burns, or
bone marrow transplants.
◉ What is surgical asepsis?.
Answer: No Organisms are carried to the patient
◉ How long do you wash your hands?.
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds, but could last as long as two minutes or
longer.
◉ What is an antibiotic?.
Answer: drug that kills bacteria
◉ Examples of topical antibiotics?.
Answer: neosporin, bacitracin, silvadene
◉ How long will pts have to take oral antibiotics?.
Answer: 7-10 days
◉ What are the (5) advantages of oral antibiotics?.
Answer: Oldest method, safest, most economical, most convenient,
and easy to administer.
