Mod 5: Protecting Patients and Ourselves

Question 1

Set of precautions to prevent transmission of infectious agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in the air.

Answer 1

Airborne Precautions

Question 2

Extensive, detailed regulations to be practiced by employers and employees to prevent occupational exposure.

Answer 2

Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

Question 3

A type of isolation used when a patient is infected with or carrying an epidemiologically important organism that can be spared by body-to-body contact.

Answer 3

Contact Precautions

Question 4

Mutual touching of two individuals or organisms; many communicable diseases may be spread by direct contact between an infected and a healthy person.

Answer 4

Direct Contact

Question 5

Measures to reduce the risk of droplet transmission of infectious agents.

Answer 5

Droplet Precautions

Question 6

Recommended safety glasses, chemical splash goggles, or face shields to be used when handling a hazardous material.

Answer 6

Eye Protection

Question 7

A personal protective device (PPE) to shield the facial area from contamination.

Answer 7

Face Masks

Question 8

Object that may harbor microorganisms.

Answer 8

Fomite

Question 9

Sterile or clean fitted coverings for the hands, usually with a separate sheath for each finger and thumb.

Answer 9

Gloves

Question 10

A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.

Answer 10

Gowns

Question 11

The removal of visible soil and the removal or killing of transient microorganisms from the hands accomplished by using soap and running water or an alcohol-based hand rub.

Answer 11

Hand Hygiene

Question 12

Transmission achieved through some intervening medium, such as prolongation of a communicable disease through the air or by means of fomites.

Answer 12

Indirect Contact

Question 13

A government agency in the Department of Labor that strives to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

Answer 13

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Question 14

Specialized clothing or equipment worn by employees for protection against health and safety hazards and designed to protect many parts of the body, for example, eyes, head, face, hands, feet, and ears.

Answer 14

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Question 15

A continuous source of infectious disease; people, animal, and plants may be reservoirs of infection.

Answer 15

Reservoir of Infection

Question 16

Species of microorganisms that are always present on or in the body and are not easily removed by mechanical friction.

Answer 16

Resident Flora

Question 17

The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a nonspecific individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.

Answer 17

Route of Transmission

Question 18

Container in every clinic that is designed for the disposal of sharps; required and regulated by OSHA

Answer 18

Sharps Container

Question 19

Guidelines recommended by the CDC for reducing the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens in hospitals; the standard precautions synthesize the major features of universal precautions (designed to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens) and body substance isolation (designed to reduce the risk of pathogens from moist body substances) and apply them to all patients receiving care in hospitals regardless of their diagnosis or presumed infection status.

Answer 19

Standard Precautions

Question 20

Microorganisms that may be present in or on the body under certain conditions and for certain lengths of time; they are easier to remove by mechanical friction than resident flora.

Answer 20

Transient Flora

Question 21

Safeguards designed for patients documented or suspected to be infected with highly transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens for which additional precautions beyond standard precautions are needed to interrupt transmission in hospitals.

Answer 21

Transmission-Based Precautions

Question 22

Carrier of disease

Answer 22

Vectors