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25 Cards in this Set
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The presence or reasonably expected presence of blood or other potentially infectious material on an item or surface is said to be what? |
Contaminated
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What test is a diagnostic test of a prevacuum sterilizer’s ability to remove air from the chamber and prevent air reentrant?
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Bowie-dick
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What are pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in human blood and capable of causing disease in humans?
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Bloodborne pathogens
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Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and bacterial spores are classified as what?
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Micro-organisms
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The use of rubber, plastic, paper, foil, or other fluid resistant materials to cover surfaces and protect them from contamination is known as what technique?
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Barrier technique
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An infection originating in the environment of a hospital or freestanding dental treatment facility is a what?
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Nosocomial Infection
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What are equipment or methods which isolate or remove bloodborne pathogens from the workplace?
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Engineering controls
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What is the propagation and growth of micro-organisms or living tissue cells in or on a nutrient medium?
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Culture
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Commanding officers and officers in charge must develop and implement universal protocols of infection control strategies to prevent transmission of HBV and other pathogens of what type?
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Bloodborne pathogens
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Dental items are classified in one of three ways, based on the pathways through which cross contamination may occur and the location and technique of instrument use. They are what?
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Critical, semicritical, or noncritical
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What is a bacterial endospore test designed to assess whether sterilization has actually occurred?
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Biological Monitor
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What is an unprocessed biological monitor from the same lot as the test monitor and when cultured serves as a control by verifying the viability of the unexposed organisms?
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Biological Control
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What items are instruments, equipment, or materials that frequently contact mucous membrane but cannot be sterilized due to their design or inability to withstand heat?
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Semicritical
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The ability of HBV to survive in the environment, coupled with its high titers in the blood, makes it an excellent model for which practices?
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Infection control
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CO’s and OICs must appoint who in writing to assist in implementing the infection control program?
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Infection Control Officer (ICO)
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What is the destruction or inhibition of most viruses and bacteria while in their active growth phase?
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Chemical disinfection
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The prevalence of serologic markers for HBV in dental health care personnel has increased dramatically in the United States over the past several years. Each year approximately how many health care workers become infected with the virus?
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18,000
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What items are instruments and materials that penetrate the skin, mucous membranes, or bone?
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Critical
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What are chemical dyes used to determine whether the conditions required for sterilization are met?
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Chemical indicators
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What is the number of micro-organisms contaminating an object and is sometimes also known as bioload or microbial load?
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Bioburden
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What is the process of preventing the access of micro-organisms?
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Asepsis
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The CDC estimates that HBV infection in health care personnel actually results in some 600 hospitizations and how many deaths annually?
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200
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What items are instruments, equipment, or materials that do not normally penetrate or contact mucous membranes but which are exposed to splatter, spray, or splashing of blood, or are touched by contaminated hands?
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Noncritical
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Infection control involves taking steps to prevent the spread of what?
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Infectious agents
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A surgical entry into the tissues, cavities, organs, or repair of major traumatic injuries is what type of procedure?
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Invasive
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