Test 2: Childhood problems

Question 1

Barrier protection from blood and body fluids

Involves the use of barrier protection (PPE) such as gloves, goggles, gowns, and masks

Answer 1

Standard precaution

Question 2

Are designed for patients with documented or suspected infection or colonization with highly transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens for which additional precaution beyond standard precaution are needed to interrupt transmissions in hospitals

Answer 2

transmission-based precautions

Question 3

Small particle or evaporated droplets or dust
Negative pressure isolation room
Ex: measles, varicella, TB

Answer 3

Airborne

Question 4

Large-particle droplets (sneeze, cough, speech, cry)
Contact with conjunctiva or mucous membranes
Ex: meningitis, pneumonia, epiglottitis, and sepsis

Answer 4

Droplet

Question 5

Exercise judgment with gloves, gowns, masks

Answer 5

Contact

Question 6

A state where immune bodies are actively formed against specific antigens, wither naturally by having had the disease clinically or subclinically or artificially by introducing the antigen into the individual

Answer 6

Active immunity

Question 7

Temporary immunity obtained by transfusing immunoglobulin’s or antitoxins either artificially from another human or animal that has been actively immunized against an antigen or naturally from the mother to the fetus via the placenta

Answer 7

Passive

Question 8

A condition in which the majority of the population community is vaccinated and the spread of certain diseases is stopped, since the population that has been vaccinated protects those in the same population who are unvaccinated

Answer 8

Herd immunity

Question 9

Agent is Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Answer 9

Diphtheria

Question 10

Transmission of Diphtheria

Answer 10

Direct contact

Question 11

Clinical manifestations of Diphtheria

Answer 11

URI symptoms
Bulls neck
White or grey mucous membranes

Question 12

Treatment of diphtheria

Answer 12

antibiotics

bed rest

Question 13

Agent is varicella zoster virus

Answer 13

Chicken pox

Question 14

transmission of chicken pox

Answer 14

direct contact and respiratory secretions

Question 15

Precautions for chicken pox

Answer 15

standard

Question 16

agent human herpesvirus type 6

Answer 16

Erythema infectiosum (fifths disease)

Question 17

Precautions for fifth disease

Answer 17

standard and droplet

Question 18

transmission of measles (rubeola)

Answer 18

direct contact from respiratory system

Question 19

treatment of Measles

Answer 19

antibiotics

Question 20

Precaution for measles

Answer 20

airborne if in hospital until day 5 of rash

Question 21

transmission of pertussis

Answer 21

direct contact from droplets

Question 22

precautions for pertussis

Answer 22

droplet

Question 23

transmission of rubella

Answer 23

direct contact from droplets

Question 24

precaution for rubella

Answer 24

droplet

Question 25

agent group a beta hemolytic streptococci

Answer 25

scarlet fever

Question 26

transmission of scarlet fever

Answer 26

direct contact from droplets

Question 27

treatment of scarlet fever

Answer 27

penicillin

Question 28

precautions for scarlet fever

Answer 28

droplet until 24 hours of antibiotic

Question 29

precautions for pneumococcal disease

Answer 29

droplet

Question 30

complications of exanthum subitum (roseola infantum)

Answer 30

recurrent febrile seizure

Question 31

precautions for roseola infantum

Answer 31

standard precautions

Question 32

complications of mumps

Answer 32

Deafness Myocarditis Meningitis Arthritis

Question 33

Treatment for Giardiasis

Answer 33

Flagyl | Tindamax

Question 34

Treatment for pinworms

Answer 34

Pyrantel Pamoate Albendazole

Question 35

Treatment for head lice

Answer 35

Pediculicide | Permethrin

Question 36

Treatment for lyme disease

Answer 36

Doxycycline | Amox