What is the first step in equipment processing for reuse on another patient?
a. Drying the equipment
b. Cleaning the equipment
c. Disinfecting the equipment
d. Sterilizing the equipment
Q. 2 What vaccination does OSHA require hospital employers to provide?
a. Tuberculosis
b. Smallpox
c. Hepatitis B
d. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Q. 3 What should be used to wipe down the surface of devices that cannot be immersed in water?
a. 70 ethyl alcohol
b. Warm soapy water
c. Strong detergent
d. Bleach
Q. 4 Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the use of soaps to clean equipment?
a. Soaps act by lowering the surface tension.
b. Soaps work poorly in hard water.
c. Soaps have good bactericidal activity.
d. Soaps can help remove organic material.
Q. 5 What is the most common route of pathogen transmission in the hospital setting?
a. Indirect contact
b. Droplet transmission
c. Airborne transmission
d. Surgical transmission
Q. 6 Which of the following diseases are transmitted primarily by airborne transmission? 1. Tuberculosis 2. Measles 3. Smallpox 4. Viral hemorrhagic fever
a. 1, 2, and 3 only
b. 1 and 4 only
c. 2, 3, and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Q. 7 Which of the following is an example of indirect contact transmission involving fomites?
a. Use of a sterile needle on a pneumonia patient
b. Use of a dirty laryngoscope blade on an-other patient
c. Drinking tap water
d. Inhaling tuberculosis pathogens in the emergency department
Q. 8 Which of the following factors increase the risk of surgical patients for developing postoperative pneumonia? 1. Obesity 2. Prolonged intubation 3. History of smoking 4. Elderly
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 2 and 4 only
c. 2, 3, and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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