FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT IPC WEEK 1 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT IPC WEEK 1 EXAM

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Question 1: RESERVOIR HOST

Answer:

AN ANIMAL,INSECT, OR HUMAN WHOSE BODY IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GROWTH OF A

PATHOGEN.

Question 2: FOMITE

Answer:

AN INANIMATE OBJECT, SUCH AS CLOTHING, BODY FLUIDS, WATER OR FOOD, THAT MAY BE

CONTAMINATED WITH INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS AND THUS SERVE TO TRANSMIT DISEASE.

Question 3: SUSCEPTIBLE HOST

Answer:

AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS LITTLE OR NO IMMUNITY TO INFECTION BY A PARTICULAR

ORGANISM.

Question 4: STERILIZATION INDICATOR

Answer:

A TAG, INSERT, TAPE, TUBE OR STRIP THAT CONFIRMS THAT THE ITEMS IN THE AUTOCLAVE

HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE CORRECT VOLUME OF STEAM AT THE CORRECT

TEMPERATURE, FOR THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME.

Question 5: PATHOGEN

Answer:

A MICROORGANISM CAPABLE OF CAUSING DISEASE.

Question 6: BIOHAZARD SYMBOL

Answer:

A SYMBOL THAT MUST APPEAR ON ALL CONTAINERS USED TO STORE WASTE PRODUCTS,

BLOOD, BLOOD PRODUCTS, OR OTHER SPECIMENS THAT MAY BE INFECTIOUS

Question 7: VECTOR

Answer:

A LIVING ORGANISM, SUCH AS AN INSECT, THAT CARRIES MICROORGANISMS FROM AN

INFECTED PERSON TO ANOTHER PERSON.

Question 8: ENDOGENOUS INFECTION

Answer:

AN INFECTION IN WHICH AN ABNORMALITY OR MALFUNCTION IN ROUTINE BODY PROCESSES

CAUSES NORMALLY BENEFICIAL OR HARMLESS MICROORGANISMS TO BECOME

PATHOGENIC.

Question 9: INFANCY

Answer:

THE STAGE OF LIFE FROM THE TIME OF BIRTH THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF 1 YEAR OF

AGE.

Question 10: ASEPSIS

Answer:

THE CONDITION IN WHICH PATHOGENS ARE ABSENT OR CONTROLLED

Question 11: PARENTERAL

Answer:

PERTAINING TO THE INJECTION OF A LIQUID SUBSTANCE INTO THE BODY VIA A ROUTE

OTHER THAN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL (GI TRACT)

Question 12: OSHA

Answer:

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEATH ACT; A SET OF REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO SAVE

LIVES, PREVENT INJURIES AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF WORKERS IN THE U.S.

Question 13: BIOHAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Answer:

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS THAT CAN SPREAD DISEASE TO LIVING THINGS

Question 14: PPE

Answer:

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ANY TYPE OF PROTECTIVE GEAR WORN TO GUARD

AGAINST PHYSICAL HAZARDS.

Question 15: STERILIZATION

Answer:

THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL MICROORGANISMS, INCLUDING BACTERIAL SPORES, BY SPECIFIC

MEANS.

Question 16: PUBERTY

Answer:

THE STAGE OF LIFE WHEN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION BECOMES POSSIBLE.

Question 17: AUTOCLAVE

Answer:

A DEVICE THAT USES PRESSURIZED STEAM TO STERILIZE INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT

Question 18: STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

Answer:

A COMBINATION OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS AND BODY SUBSTANCE ISOLATION

GUIDELINES; USED IN HOSPITALS FOR THE CARE OF ALL PATIENTS.

Question 19: CARRIER

Answer:

A RESERVOIR HOST WHO IS UNAWARE OF THE PRESENCE OF A PATHOGEN AND SO

SPREADS THE DISEASE WHILE EXHIBITING NO SYMPTOMS OF THE INFECTION.

Question 20: EXOGENOUS INFECTION

Answer:

AN INFECTION THAT IS CAUSED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A PATHOGEN FROM OUTSIDE

THE BODY.