HCB 102 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
Bacteria (Bacterium)
Multiply rapidly
Live in: Soil, water, organic matter, or bodies of plants/animals
no cell walls, round, spiral, or rod shaped
Fungi (Fungus)
Parasitic spore-producing
molds, rust, mildew, smuts, mushrooms, yeast
Antibacterial
designed to fight against or kill bacteria
Antiseptic
preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis
Condition of being Aseptic
Aseptic Technique
Preventing infection
Blood-born Pathogens
Specific causative agent of disease located in blood (Ex. Bacterium or Virus ((HIV, HEP
A-B))
Contagious Disease (Communicable disease)
Infectious disease, come in contact with someone or touch something they touched
Contaminated
to soil, Strain, or infect by contact or association
Direct contact
physical contact between infected/susceptible hosts
Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs)
Nosocomial infection, acquiring/occurring in a hospital
, Infection
Infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
Isolation
Separation, Prevent/limit the direct or indirect transmission of infectious agents
Microoganism
Organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
Pathogen
Disease producing microorganisms
Standard Precautions
Infection prevention practices, Apply to all patients, All body fluids are assumed to be
infected with blood-born pathogens
Airborne Pathogens
McOs that are transported through the air (Ex. Tuberculosis)
Chain of Infection
Sequence of circumstances where all events must occur to develop an infection
What is the first step in the Chain of Infection cycle?
Infectious Agent
What is an Infectious Agent?
Disease causing Microorganism (Ex. Bacteria, Viruses, Protoza, Fungi, Helminthes)
Viruses
DNA/RNA is encased in protein coating. Viruses cannot reproduce outside of a living
host cell.
Protoza
Unicellular McO that can infect blood, brain, intestines and other body areas
Helminthes
Parasitic worms or Flukes
What is a Reservoir
Place where the pathogen grows, may or may not multiply
(Ex. Patient, staff member, animal, food)
What is the second part of the Chain of Infection circle?
Reservoir
VERIFIED
Bacteria (Bacterium)
Multiply rapidly
Live in: Soil, water, organic matter, or bodies of plants/animals
no cell walls, round, spiral, or rod shaped
Fungi (Fungus)
Parasitic spore-producing
molds, rust, mildew, smuts, mushrooms, yeast
Antibacterial
designed to fight against or kill bacteria
Antiseptic
preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis
Condition of being Aseptic
Aseptic Technique
Preventing infection
Blood-born Pathogens
Specific causative agent of disease located in blood (Ex. Bacterium or Virus ((HIV, HEP
A-B))
Contagious Disease (Communicable disease)
Infectious disease, come in contact with someone or touch something they touched
Contaminated
to soil, Strain, or infect by contact or association
Direct contact
physical contact between infected/susceptible hosts
Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs)
Nosocomial infection, acquiring/occurring in a hospital
, Infection
Infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
Isolation
Separation, Prevent/limit the direct or indirect transmission of infectious agents
Microoganism
Organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size
Pathogen
Disease producing microorganisms
Standard Precautions
Infection prevention practices, Apply to all patients, All body fluids are assumed to be
infected with blood-born pathogens
Airborne Pathogens
McOs that are transported through the air (Ex. Tuberculosis)
Chain of Infection
Sequence of circumstances where all events must occur to develop an infection
What is the first step in the Chain of Infection cycle?
Infectious Agent
What is an Infectious Agent?
Disease causing Microorganism (Ex. Bacteria, Viruses, Protoza, Fungi, Helminthes)
Viruses
DNA/RNA is encased in protein coating. Viruses cannot reproduce outside of a living
host cell.
Protoza
Unicellular McO that can infect blood, brain, intestines and other body areas
Helminthes
Parasitic worms or Flukes
What is a Reservoir
Place where the pathogen grows, may or may not multiply
(Ex. Patient, staff member, animal, food)
What is the second part of the Chain of Infection circle?
Reservoir
