Download Infection Control Quiz #1 Your client is a 40 year old man who has

Infection Control Quiz #1
1. Your client is a 40 year old man who has worked in a blood bank for 15 years and frequently
works without gloves. He is scheduled for a 6 month prophylaxis. As you are seating the client,
he mentions he is just recovering from influenza. You now notice his eyes are somewhat
yellowish. What disease might the client have?
a. Hepatitis A
b. Influenza
c. Infectious hepatitis
d. Hepatitis B
e. Infectious mononucleosis
2. The best choice of treatment for this client at this appointment would be to
a. Wear gloves and a face mask and perform an intraoral and extraoral exam
b. Refer to a physician and schedule in 6 months
c. Refer to a hospital equipped to treat the patient dentally with maximum precautions
d. Wear gloves and face mask and perform a prophylaxis
e. Refer to a physician and reschedule according to the physician’s recommendation
3. You wear gloves routinely for all clients and are trying not to be wasteful with supplies. What is
the BEST alternative to changing gloves for each client?
a. Wash and rinse gloved hands one time between clients
b. Perform a short scrub on the gloved hands between clients
c. Lather and rinse gloved hands two to three times between clients
d. No acceptable alternative to changing gloves between clients
4. How often should face masks be changed?
a. At noon and at the end of the day
b. Three to four times per day
c. Immediately after each client
d. At midmorning and midafternoon
e. Whenever damp and between clients
5. The personnel in the office where you have just accepted employment do not wear uniforms,
but instead wear street clothes with a disposable short jacket over them. Your action should be:
a. Refuse to conform and wear uniforms
b. Soak and wash clothes worn at the office in bleach
c. Launder clothes worn at the office with your other street clothes
d. Discuss OSHA regulations regarding protective clothing with your employer
e. Try to convince other office personnel to purchase uniforms
6. In designing a sterilization area, what is the most critical requirement?
a. Availability of glutaraldehyde
b. Purchase for a dry heat oven
c. Separation of contaminated and noncontaminated areas
d. Allowance of adequate counter space
e. Availability of instrument storage space
7. What is one reason for selecting a chemical sterilant for instruments?
a. It is expensive
b. The good penetrating ability when instruments are soaked
c. For limited sterilization of a few heat-sensitive items if ethylene oxide is not available
d. It is faster than heat sterilization
e. Verification of sterilization is possible
8. The oral health care team uses a steam autoclave for sterilization. If you are responsible for
purchasing spore strips to test sterility, which of the following would you order?
a. Bacillus subtilis
b. Bacillus anthracis
c. Clostridium botulinum
d. Clostridium tetani
e. Geobacillus stearothermophilus
9. What is one disadvantage of chemical vapor pressure sterilization?
a. Adequate ventilation is necessary
b. Rusting can occur
c. Materials must be aerated before using
d. The processing time is too long
e. Instruments are wet at the end of the cycle
10. The hygienist is using a standard dry-heat oven to sterilize instruments. The oven is preheated
and instruments have reached the same temperature as the oven. Approximately how long will
it take until sterilization is achieved using this method?
a. 3 hours
b. 30 minutes
c. 2 hours
d. 20 minutes
11. Steam under pressure (autoclaves) utilize _________ water.
a. Sterile
b. Bottled
c. Distilled
d. Tap
12. In the autoclave, wrapped instrument packs should be arranged loosely and placed as upright as
possible so that,
a. A vacuum can be created
b. Steam can penetrate
c. Moisture will not collect or cause rust
d. Instruments will not be bent or broken
e. The temperature reaches the correct range
13. Mechanisms of disease transmission in dentistry include all of the following EXCEPT ONE:
a. Droplet contact of the eyes, nose, mouth, or mucous membrane with splatter
b. Indirect contact with a contaminated instrument such as dental instruments
c. Direct contact with blood and oral fluids
d. Inhalation of chemical fumes in the radiology darkroom
e. Inhalation of airborne microorganisms that can remain suspended in the air
14. Reservoirs in the chain of infection control include
a. People, plant, and animals
b. Blood, and body fluids including salice
c. Water in the water lines
d. Inanimate objects such as contaminated instruments, counters, chairs, etc
e. All of the above
15. A host may become immune to the specific pathogen by means of?
a. Vaccination
b. Antibiotic prophylaxis
c. Recovery from naturally occurring disease
d. A and C
e. All of the above
16. The most effective way to break the chain of infection control is to incorporate ___________
into daily practice
a. Standard precautions
b. Universal precautions
c. Medical screening
d. Double gloving
e. All of the above
17. Effective infection control strategies prevent disease transmission by interrupting one or more
links in the chain of infection and include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Proper hand cleaning and hygiene
b. Make sure paper/plastic covers the counter if eating lunch in the lab
c. Appropriate barrier use (PPE) (gloves, mask and eye protection)
d. Indicated vaccines are up to date
e. Proper cleaning, sterilization, and disinfection
18. Standard precautions apply to contact with:
a. Blood
b. All body fluids, secretions, and excretions except sweat
c. Non-intact skin
d. Mucous membranes
e. All of the above
19. A thorough handwashing should be performed
a. Before and after each client contact
b. When contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids
c. Before touching the eyes, nose, or other mucous membranes
d. Before inserting contact lenses or applying make up
e. All of the above
20. Sterilizers are considered medical devise and clinicians must use
a. An FDA approved device
b. An EPA registered device
c. And OSHA approved device
d. All of the above
e. None of the above