HSC and A Chapter 4

Question 1

What does code red mean?

Answer 1

fire in the facility

Question 2

What does code blue mean?

Answer 2

cardiac arrest

Question 3

What does code pink mean?

Answer 3

infant or child abduction

Question 4

What does code orange me ?

Answer 4

hazardous materials`

Question 5

What does code silver mean?

Answer 5

dangerous person

Question 6

What does code black mean?

Answer 6

bomb threat

Question 7

What is any sudden event that brings damage or loss?

Answer 7

a disaster

Question 8

What is any event that is not part of the routine operation of the healthcare facility?

Answer 8

a incident

Question 9

How long should skin and eyes be flushed if they come in contact with chemicals?

Answer 9

10 minutes

Question 10

What does MSDS stand for?

Answer 10

Material Safety Data Sheet

Question 11

What document contains information about a particular chemical that is used in a healthcare facility?

Answer 11

Material Safety Data Sheet

Question 12

All medical equipment must have how many prongs?

Answer 12

three

Question 13

What does the acronym ALARA stand for?

Answer 13

As Low As resonable Acheievable

Question 14

What three elements included in the fire triangle?

Answer 14

fuel, heat and oxygen

Question 15

How many degrees of burns are there?

Answer 15

three

Question 16

How many types of fire extinguishers are there?

Answer 16

five

Question 17

What are the five types of fire extinguisher?

Answer 17

Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Multi Purpose (A, B, C)

Question 18

What does the acronym race stand for?`

Answer 18

Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish

Question 19

What does the acronym PASS stand for?

Answer 19

Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep

Question 20

What is the acronym PASS used for?

Answer 20

the usage of fire extinguished

Question 21

What is the proper use of bod movements to prevent injury during the performance of physical task, such as lifting and sitting?

Answer 21

body mechanics

Question 22

What is the practice of science of maximizing efficiency and preventing discomfort or injury during the time a person is performing work tasks?

Answer 22

ergonomics

Question 23

What is the painful, progressive and and arm condition cause by compression of a key nerve in wrist?

Answer 23

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 24

What is the term of policies that motivate or require healthcare facilities to monitor and evaluate their services?

Answer 24

QI( quality improvement)

Question 25

What does TJC stand for?

Answer 25

The Joint Comission

Question 26

What does IQM stand for?

Answer 26

The institute of medication

Question 27

What does AHRQ stand for?

Answer 27

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Question 28

What does NQF stand for?

Answer 28

The National Quality Forum

Question 29

What are the small. one celled microorganisms that cannot be seem by the naked eye?

Answer 29

bacteria

Question 30

What are pathogenic microorganisms that depend on a living cell to survive?

Answer 30

viruses

Question 31

What are the parasitic organisms that live in the soil or on plants?

Answer 31

fungi

Question 32

What are the microorganisms that depend on a host cell to survive and replicate?

Answer 32

protozoa

Question 33

What is a term for an organism that requires little to no oxygen to survive?

Answer 33

anaerobe

Question 34

What is the term for an organism that requires oxygen to survive?

Answer 34

Aerobe

Question 35

What is the science or study of the form and structure of organisms?

Answer 35

morphology

Question 36

What type of bacteria takes a spherical form?

Answer 36

coccus

Question 37

What type of bacteria takes a rod like shape?

Answer 37

bacilli

Question 38

What type of bacteria takes a twisted cylinder shape?

Answer 38

spirochetes

Question 39

What type of bacteria takes the form of a spherically shaped cocci arranged in clusters?

Answer 39

staphylococcus

Question 40

Hospitals stays can be prolonged by what bacterium?

Answer 40

Staphylococcus Aureus

Question 41

The Black Death killed approximately how many people?

Answer 41

25 million

Question 42

What bacterium cause the black death?

Answer 42

yersinia pestis

Question 43

What bacterial infection is caused by the spiral bacterium called spirochete?

Answer 43

spyphilis

Question 44

What can antibiotics not kill?

Answer 44

viruses

Question 45

Where can protozoa be found?

Answer 45

in water or soil

Question 46

What is the inflammation of the colon which results in a fever, abdominal pain, and severe diarrhea?

Answer 46

amoebic dysentry

Question 47

What are the parasites that normally choose fleas, lice, ticks, or mites as their host organisms but can cause serve infections?

Answer 47

rickettsiae

Question 48

What does MRSA stand for?

Answer 48

methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Question 49

What is the name for hospitial acquired infections?

Answer 49

noscomial infections

Question 50

Which is the sequence of events that allows infection to move from one source or host to another?

Answer 50

chain of infection.

Question 51

What are the three modes of transmissions of infections?

Answer 51

direct contact, indirect contact, vectors.

Question 52

What is the term for hand washing with a detergent or antimicrobial soap and water or by applying an alcohol based hand rub?

Answer 52

hand hygiene

Question 53

What is considered the single most important way to prevent the spread of infections?

Answer 53

hand hygiene

Question 54

What do hand sanitizers not kill?

Answer 54

microorganisms

Question 55

How many seconds does it take to properly wash your hand?

Answer 55

20 seconds

Question 56

What is the term that describes the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms?

Answer 56

asepsis

Question 57

What is the cleaning technique that involves procedures to used to reduce the number of organisms present and prevent the transfer of organisms?

Answer 57

medical asepsis

Question 58

what is the sterile technique that prevents the contamination of a open wound?

Answer 58

surgical asepsis

Question 59

What is the process of of using an antiseptic to prevent or inhibit the growth of pathogenic organisms?

Answer 59

antisepsis

Question 60

What are the three levels of cleaning to prevent the spread of pathogens?

Answer 60

sanitizations, disinfection or sterilization

Question 61

What is the use of antimicrobial agents on objects, surfaces and living tissues to reduce the number of disease causing microorganisms?

Answer 61

sanitizations

Question 62

What is use of antimicrobial agents on non living objects or surfaces to destroy or deactivate the microorganisms present?

Answer 62

disinfection

Question 63

What is the act of killing all microorganisms and their spores on a surface?

Answer 63

sterilization

Question 64

What is the machine used frequently in healthcare facilities to kill an microorganisms and their spores on the surface?

Answer 64

autoclave

Question 64

What guideline was developed by OSHA that lists potentially infectious material and mandate all healthcare workers to proceed at all times as if materials are infectious?

Answer 64

OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standards

Question 64

What are infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause diseases?

Answer 64

bloodborne pathogens

Question 64

When was the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard established?

Answer 64

1992

Question 64

What does HBV stand for?

Answer 64

Hepatitis B