HCB TEST 2 _2023 /184 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS- ALL CORRECT.
What's does infection control involve? - -taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious
agents
-Antibacterial - -directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS)
-antiseptic - -preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
-Asepsis - -the condition of being aseptic (absence of pathogens growing)
-aseptic technique - -preventing infection (reduces the risk of infection)
-Bacteria - -single cell microorganism that multiplies rapidly
-blood-borne pathogen - -A specific causative agent of disease located in the blood
(HIV or hepatitis)
-contagious disease - -infectious disease that is spread through contact with one who
has it, with bodily discharge or an object touched by that person
-contaminated - -to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association (presence of blood or
other material that is infectious or potentially infectious)
-direct contact - -union of body surfaces
-disinfectant - -free from infection (kills agent but not spores)
-disinfection - -process that eliminates agent but not spores
-fungi - -kingdom of parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic that lacks chlorophyll
(molds, rust, mildew)
-Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - -Nosocomial infection that occurs in a
hospital, happens within 72 hours of being admitted, mostly due to lack of care
-infection - -infective agent contaminated with an infective agent
-isolation - -separation for a period of time to prevent or limit transmission of
infectious agent
-microorganism - -organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
-pathogen - -disease or virus that produces infection
-Standard Precautions - -group of infection prevention that applies to all patients
, -Infection Control Concepts - -standard precautions are concepts in which all body
fluids are assumed to be infected with blood-borne pathogens
-chain of infection - -sequence of events that must occur to develop an infection
-Infectious Agent (pathogen) - -disease causing microorganism
-What are the common types of infectious agents? - -bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi,
and helminths
-bacteria - -multiply rapidly, can transmit to each other
-viruses - -DNA or RNA encased in protein, cannot reproduce outside of a living host
cell
-protozoa - -unicellular microorganisms that infect the blood, brain, etc
-helminths - -parasitic worms
-reservoir - -the place where pathogens grow, could or could not multiply
-portal of exit - -a route for pathogens to leave the host
-mode of transmission - -the way the infectious agent moves to another source
-what is the most frequent source of HAIs? - -contact
-what are the two types of contact? - -direct and indirect
-direct contact - -person to person or source to host
-indirect contact - -Contact with contaminated inanimate objects
-vector transmission - -through a bite
-droplet infection - -through droplets from an infected person when projected a short
distance
-airborne transmission - -when infectious particles are dispersed in the air and inhaled
by the host
-portal of entry - -where the pathogen enters
-True or False
any portal of exit can not be a portal of entry - -false
-susceptible host - -a person who becomes sick after a pathogen has entered the body,
cannot fight the pathogen
ANSWERS- ALL CORRECT.
What's does infection control involve? - -taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious
agents
-Antibacterial - -directed or effective against bacteria (KILLS)
-antiseptic - -preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
-Asepsis - -the condition of being aseptic (absence of pathogens growing)
-aseptic technique - -preventing infection (reduces the risk of infection)
-Bacteria - -single cell microorganism that multiplies rapidly
-blood-borne pathogen - -A specific causative agent of disease located in the blood
(HIV or hepatitis)
-contagious disease - -infectious disease that is spread through contact with one who
has it, with bodily discharge or an object touched by that person
-contaminated - -to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association (presence of blood or
other material that is infectious or potentially infectious)
-direct contact - -union of body surfaces
-disinfectant - -free from infection (kills agent but not spores)
-disinfection - -process that eliminates agent but not spores
-fungi - -kingdom of parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic that lacks chlorophyll
(molds, rust, mildew)
-Health care-associated infections (HAIs) - -Nosocomial infection that occurs in a
hospital, happens within 72 hours of being admitted, mostly due to lack of care
-infection - -infective agent contaminated with an infective agent
-isolation - -separation for a period of time to prevent or limit transmission of
infectious agent
-microorganism - -organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
-pathogen - -disease or virus that produces infection
-Standard Precautions - -group of infection prevention that applies to all patients
, -Infection Control Concepts - -standard precautions are concepts in which all body
fluids are assumed to be infected with blood-borne pathogens
-chain of infection - -sequence of events that must occur to develop an infection
-Infectious Agent (pathogen) - -disease causing microorganism
-What are the common types of infectious agents? - -bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi,
and helminths
-bacteria - -multiply rapidly, can transmit to each other
-viruses - -DNA or RNA encased in protein, cannot reproduce outside of a living host
cell
-protozoa - -unicellular microorganisms that infect the blood, brain, etc
-helminths - -parasitic worms
-reservoir - -the place where pathogens grow, could or could not multiply
-portal of exit - -a route for pathogens to leave the host
-mode of transmission - -the way the infectious agent moves to another source
-what is the most frequent source of HAIs? - -contact
-what are the two types of contact? - -direct and indirect
-direct contact - -person to person or source to host
-indirect contact - -Contact with contaminated inanimate objects
-vector transmission - -through a bite
-droplet infection - -through droplets from an infected person when projected a short
distance
-airborne transmission - -when infectious particles are dispersed in the air and inhaled
by the host
-portal of entry - -where the pathogen enters
-True or False
any portal of exit can not be a portal of entry - -false
-susceptible host - -a person who becomes sick after a pathogen has entered the body,
cannot fight the pathogen
