Chapter 1

Question 1

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

Answer 1

EPA registers and regulates environmental disinfectants used on things like tables and floors. Controls emission into the air and water

Question 2

FDA Food and Drug Administration

Answer 2

The FDA is to promote and protect the public’s health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely manner

Question 3

A REGULATION

Answer 3

A principle rule or law designed to control or govern behavior. Compliance is mandatory

Question 4

A STANDARD

Answer 4

A established norm determined by opinion authority research and or theory

Question 5

AAMI

Answer 5

The primary U.S. organization that develops consensus standard for decontamination disinfection and sterilization practices

Question 6

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Answer 6

Regulates occupational exposure to airborne contaminants, occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and communication or workplace hazards

Question 7

CDC ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Answer 7

The CDC is not a regulatory agency but it does publish widely respected recommendations and guidelines on such topics and hand hygiene, iso precautions, environmental infection control etc.

Question 8

The Joint Commision

Answer 8

A independent nonprofit organization that establishes accrediting standards and conducts extensive onsite inspections to evaluate a healthcare facilities performance in areas that affect patient care

Question 9

Endoscopy

Answer 9

Examining the inside of a persons body using an endoscope

Question 10

Endoscope

Answer 10

A medical device consisting of a long thin flexible tube which has a light video camera

Question 11

A fiberscope

Answer 11

Has a light source and an osculatory eyepiece that enables the physician to view the internal organ or tissue

Question 12

A videoscope

Answer 12

Has a light source, a video processor, a printer, and a monitor to display the internal organ to the physician