Foundation Ch. 5 Flashcards
(61 cards)
1
Q
Which of the following destroys all microbial life?
A) sterilization
B) disinfecting
C) sanitation
D) cleaning
A
A) sterilization
2
Q
Prevention of the spread of infections begins and ends with ________
A
You
3
Q
The second step of infection control is _______
A
Disinfection
4
Q
The presence of pus is a sign of ________
A
Bacterial infection
5
Q
How long does it usually take for quat solutions to disinfect implements?
A
10 minutes
6
Q
A _____ is contact with noninact skin, blood, fluid or other infectious materials as a result of the performance of a workers duties
A
Exposure incident
7
Q
A _____ is capable of igniting and burning
A
Combustible
8
Q
Rules and regulations are _____
A
More specific than laws
9
Q
What is a microorganism?
A
Any organism of microscopic size
10
Q
What is Pathogenic bacteria?
A
It causes disease or infection
11
Q
The first step in infection control is ______
A
Cleaning
12
Q
Most bacteria are______
A
Nonpathogenic
13
Q
Which of the following is mainly used to remove visible dirt?
A) sterilization
B) disinfecting
C) sanitizing
D) cleaning
A
D) cleaning
14
Q
When assisting a client into or out of a hydraulic chair, _____
A) always lower the chair to its lowest level
B) always raise the chair to its highest level
C) never change the height of the chair from where it will be or was during the treatment
D) never turn the chair from facing the station
A
A) always lower the chair to its lowest level
15
Q
Which of the following is not true of exits in salon, spas and barbershops?
A) they should be marked
B) they should be identified
C) they should be known to all employees
D) they should be randomly located at the owners discretion
A
D) they should be randomly located at the owner’s discretion
16
Q
Fire extinguishers ____________
A
Must by law be checked regularly
17
Q
Bleach used in the salon, spa or barbershop must be EPA registered as a _______
A
Disinfectant
18
Q
When handling disinfectants NEVER _________
A
Place them in unmarked containers
19
Q
Often clients who are just getting sick can be contagious without showing any signs of infection. These clients are considered _________
A
Asymptomatic
20
Q
There can be no bacterial infection without the presence of what?
A
Pathogenic bacteria
21
Q
There are _______ of different kinds of bacteria, which fall into _____ primary types
A
Thousands, two
22
Q
When doctors have determine the nature of the disease they have________
A
Diagnosed it
23
Q
When a surface is properly cleaned, the number of contaminants on the service is ________
A
Greatly reduced
24
Q
Tuberculosis is transmitted through, which of the following means?
A
Inhalation
25
Inflammation is characterized by all of the following except _______
A) redness
B) heat
C) pain
D) pus
D) pus
26
Which of the following is not caused by a virus?
A) strep throat
B) HIV
C) rabies
D) influenza
A) strep throat
27
If there is no time specified or recommended by the manufacturer of the disinfectant for how long must a tool be left fully submersed in the disinfectant?
10 minutes
28
Soaps and other products that do not have the word disinfectant on the label are ______
Merely cleaners
29
Which of the following is not true of biofilms?
A) they are highly susceptible to the body’s defense mechanisms
B) they are made up of different kinds of microbes
C) they must grow very large to be seen without a microscope
D) they are one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the past few decades
A) they are highly susceptible to the body’s defense mechanisms
30
The CDC publishes __________ guidelines that employees and employers agreed to the assumption that any human blood or body fluids are potentially infectious
Standard precautions
31
If you get sick as a result to overexposure to chemicals at the workplace, you have contracted a ________
Occupational disease
32
Which of the following is most likely to be governed by the state regulatory agencies rather than federal regulatory agencies?
A) guidelines for manufacturing of equipment and chemicals
B) guidelines for the seal of equipment and chemicals
C) guidelines for the use of equipment and chemicals
D) guidelines for licensing and enforcing conduct on the job
D) guidelines for licensing and enforcing conduct on the job
33
Which of the following is not true of disinfectant?
A) they are pesticides
B) they can be harmful, absorbed through the skin
C) they must carry an EAP registration number in order to be in the shop
D) they destroy all bacteria
D) they destroy all bacteria
34
OSHA defines PPEs as ________
A) specialized clothing or equipment, worn by an employee for protection against a hazard
B) guidelines that require the employee to assume that any human blood is potentially infectious
C) precautions include proper handwashing, wearing gloves around chemicals
D) items that should be clean and disinfected using any of the EPA registered disinfectants
A) specialized clothing or equipment, worn by an employee for a precaution against hazards
35
Henry has been sick with the flu for more than a week although he was careful during the first half of flu season he knows he most likely acquired the flu through direct transmission if this is true which of the following way could Henry have caught the flu?
A) by shaking a clients hand
B) by not washing his hands properly in the restroom
C) by touching a door knob immediately after an infected client
D) by touching the end of a tool after it touched an infected client
A) shaking a client hand
36
When looking at two disinfectants, Jeremy noticed that one had much higher efficacy than the other. Because of this information on the labels, Jeremy knows that the disinfectant with the higher efficacy claim will ______
A) smell much stronger
B) kill many more organisms
C) cause more allergic reactions
D) less likely to need diluting
B) kill many more organisms
37
Which of the following would OSHA most likely be involved in regulating?
A) the manufacturer of chemical products used in the workplace
B) the sale of chemical products used in the workplace
C) the disposal of chemical products in a workplace
D) the registration of chemical products used in workplace
C) the disposal of chemical products in a workplace
38
When does a clients impression of a salon, spa or barbershop begin?
The moment they open they door
39
Beauty professionals are permitted to and encouraged to
A) treat infections
B) treat abnormal conditions
C) recommend treatments for infection and abnormal conditions
D) refer customers with infections and abnormal conditions to physicians
D) refer customers with infections and abnormal conditions to physicians
40
Which of the following is true of a disease that’s spread from one person to another?
A) it is deadly
B) it is nonpathogenic
C) it is communicable
D) it is systemic
C) it is communicable
41
What are disease causing microorganisms that are carried in the body by blood or body fluids such as hepatitis and HIV?
Blood-borne pathogens
42
Which of the following will not necessarily be on the label of an EPA registered disinfectant?
A) the word concentrate
B) efficacy claim
C) a contact time
D) registration number
A) the word concentrate
43
Which of the following should be performed after removing one pair of gloves and before putting on a new pair?
A) change the mask
B) change clothes
C) wash hands
D) nothing
C) wash hands
44
Jason has decided to take the most drastic and sweeping measured to read his tools of all microbial life which of the following steps must Jason take to effectively do this?
A) clean his tools
B) disinfect his tools
C) sanitize his tools
D) sterilizes his tools
D) sterilize his tools
45
Tony has been working hard to reduce not only his risk of infection and disease, but also the risk for all of his coworkers which of the following would be the least effective measure for Tony to take?
A) thorough and regular handwashing
B) regular cleaning and disinfecting of tools and equipment
C) strict adherence to a policy of turning away sick clients
D) consistent practice of only brief handshaking with clients
D) consistent practice of only brief handshaking with clients
46
Preventing the spread of infection is ______
A) impossible because the sources of infections are all unknown
B) very unlikely because there are no set safety procedure to take
C) difficult but possible if you run a shop like a hospital
D) easy when you know the proper procedures to follow
D) easy when you know the proper procedures to follow
47
Which of the following is true of pathogens?
A) they all reside in the same places, but infect humans in different ways
B) they reside in different places, but all infect humans and exactly the same way
C) they reside in all the same places, and infect humans exactly the same way
D) they reside in different places, and infect humans in different ways
D) they resigned in different places and infect humans in different ways
48
Yasmin worries a lot about getting sick because she deals with so many clients on a day-to-day basis. She knows that even though she cannot prevent ______ she strives to prevent _______ disease while she’s at work
A) transmission, exposure to
B) exposure, transmission of
C) infection, the source of
D) bacteria, infection from
B) exposure, transmission of
49
You’re watching your fellow student Victoria, working on a client in 10 minutes. You watch her for she removes her gloves only once to quickly turn on the faucet and rinse her hands. After renting her hand she immediately puts another pair of gloves on if it is true that Victoria‘s client is asymptomatic With a sickness that is not airborne and it is also true that Victoria acquired a cold during those 10 minutes you watched her then what else might also be true?
A) she caught the cold through indirect transmission
B) she caught the cold through direct transmission
C) she caught the cold via a respiratory droplet
D) cold was not transmitted to her at all
A) she caught the cold through indirect transmission
50
Which of the following is not true of ventilation and air circulation systems inside of salons, spas, barbershops?
A) the dust from them is capable of causing all allergic reactions
B) they should be vacuum and clean regularly
C) the filters within the system should be changed regularly
D) the vents for the systems can be located anywhere
D) the vents for the systems can be located anywhere
51
Which of the following refer to the methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of infectious organisms from one individual to another?
A) infection control
B) standard precautions
C) sterilization
D) sanitation
A) infection control
52
What does sterilization do?
It destroys all microbial life, including spores
53
Which of the following is true of phenolic disinfectants?
A) the safest way to dispose of them is down the drain
B) they can be safely applied to the skin
C) they are known carcinogens
D) they have low pH
C) they are known carcinogens
54
Considered an expert in this field, Wilma has worked for the last 22 years at the federal agency that registers all types of disinfectants sold by manufacturers used by salons, spas, and barbershops nationwide for which of the following federal agencies. Does Wilma work?
A) US Department of health and human services
B) the US environmental protection agency
C) the US Department of defense
D) the US Department of labor
B) US environmental protection agency
55
What happens when someone is showing signs and symptoms of a systematic infection?
Symptoms spread throughout the body
56
Which of the following would the EPA most likely be involved in regulating?
A) the safe manufacturer of chemical products used in the workplace
B) the safe use of chemical products used in the workplace
C) the safe mixing of chemical products used in the workplace
D) the safe storing of chemical products used in the workplace.
A) the safe manufacture of a chemical products used in the workplace
57
Which of the following best defines transmission?
A) the process by which the spread of infection is controlled or suppressed
B) the process by which pathogens move between individuals
C) the process by which individuals are cured of sickness
D) the process by which disease becomes infectious
B) the process by which pathogens move between individuals
58
Chlorine bleach is a ______
Disinfectant
59
What is the difference between respiratory droplets and airborne transmission?
Respiratory droplets do not stay in the air as long
60
There can be no bacterial infection without a presence of what?
Pathogenic bacteria 
61
What is pediculosis capitis?
Head lice
