68 Whiskey – LPC Exam Questions with
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What is a microorganism? --- correct answer ---Living cells found
almost everywhere in the environment
What is a pathogen? --- correct answer ---Microorganism that causes
disease
____________ forming bacteria are the most difficult to control and
destroy --- correct answer ---Spore
What microorganism needs a host to make a protein and energy? ---
correct answer ---Viruses
What are standard Precautions? --- correct answer ---A combination
of universal precautions designed to reduce risk of transmission of
pathogens that involves BSI (Body Substance Isolation).
All patients are considered infected.
,What are the three types of transmission based precautions, what do
they entail, and what diseases do they protect against? --- correct
answer ---Airborne - tiny microorganisms from evaporated in droplets
suspended in the air diseases include TB, measles, chickenpox
Droplet - microorganisms are propelled through the air diseases
include meningitis, pneumonia, streptococcal pharyngitis, and rubella
Contact - direct contact with a susceptible host and an infected
person. diseases include respiratory, skin , and wound infections.
Herpes simplex virus
What is reverse isolation and who would be eligible to receive it? ---
correct answer ---Neutropenic (reverse isolation) precautions are to
keep microorganisms from the outside environment away from a
patient with a weakened immune system.
Eligible patients include burns or bone marrow transplants. HIV,
patients undergoing chemotherapy or incredibly ill patients.
,'What is surgical asepsis? --- correct answer ---A sterile technique
where no organisms are carried to the patient and microorganisms
are destroyed from surfaces before they can enter the body
What is the most frequent mode of disease transmission? --- correct
answer ---Direct Contact
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease? ---
correct answer ---Hand Washing
How long should an individual wash their hands for? --- correct
answer ---The duration will be a minimum of 10 to 15 seconds, or 2
minutes or longer depending on the potential for contamination
List the stages of infection. --- correct answer ---1. Pathogenic
Mircoorganism
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4.Vehicle of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
, PRPVPS
What is virulence? --- correct answer ---The pathogens strength to
cause disease
What are the NORMAL COURSE of infection? --- correct answer ---
Incubation Period
Prodromal Stage
Full Stage of Illness
Convalescent Stage
I, PFC Infection
What is a Nosocomial Infection? --- correct answer ---Infections that
patients acquire while in the health care facility
Getting sick in the hospital is not so comical
What authority allows you to dispense direction? --- correct answer --
-Off line medical direction
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What is a microorganism? --- correct answer ---Living cells found
almost everywhere in the environment
What is a pathogen? --- correct answer ---Microorganism that causes
disease
____________ forming bacteria are the most difficult to control and
destroy --- correct answer ---Spore
What microorganism needs a host to make a protein and energy? ---
correct answer ---Viruses
What are standard Precautions? --- correct answer ---A combination
of universal precautions designed to reduce risk of transmission of
pathogens that involves BSI (Body Substance Isolation).
All patients are considered infected.
,What are the three types of transmission based precautions, what do
they entail, and what diseases do they protect against? --- correct
answer ---Airborne - tiny microorganisms from evaporated in droplets
suspended in the air diseases include TB, measles, chickenpox
Droplet - microorganisms are propelled through the air diseases
include meningitis, pneumonia, streptococcal pharyngitis, and rubella
Contact - direct contact with a susceptible host and an infected
person. diseases include respiratory, skin , and wound infections.
Herpes simplex virus
What is reverse isolation and who would be eligible to receive it? ---
correct answer ---Neutropenic (reverse isolation) precautions are to
keep microorganisms from the outside environment away from a
patient with a weakened immune system.
Eligible patients include burns or bone marrow transplants. HIV,
patients undergoing chemotherapy or incredibly ill patients.
,'What is surgical asepsis? --- correct answer ---A sterile technique
where no organisms are carried to the patient and microorganisms
are destroyed from surfaces before they can enter the body
What is the most frequent mode of disease transmission? --- correct
answer ---Direct Contact
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease? ---
correct answer ---Hand Washing
How long should an individual wash their hands for? --- correct
answer ---The duration will be a minimum of 10 to 15 seconds, or 2
minutes or longer depending on the potential for contamination
List the stages of infection. --- correct answer ---1. Pathogenic
Mircoorganism
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4.Vehicle of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
, PRPVPS
What is virulence? --- correct answer ---The pathogens strength to
cause disease
What are the NORMAL COURSE of infection? --- correct answer ---
Incubation Period
Prodromal Stage
Full Stage of Illness
Convalescent Stage
I, PFC Infection
What is a Nosocomial Infection? --- correct answer ---Infections that
patients acquire while in the health care facility
Getting sick in the hospital is not so comical
What authority allows you to dispense direction? --- correct answer --
-Off line medical direction
