Surgical technologist must process surgical conscience in order to
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an infectious disease that is constantly present in a region, community, or population but involves relatively few members of people and low rates of mortality is called:
endemic
an infectious disease which occurs with a greater than normal incidence rate at the same time in a geographical area is called:
epidemic
an infectious disease that occurs worldwide or in a majority of the population of a large group is called
pandemic
bloodborne pathogens are capable of causing diseases which are spread through
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who first discovered the bacterial world?
Antoni van Leewenhook
The theory of abiogenesis claimed that life could spontaneously arise from
nonliving material
the process of transmitting a pathogen to produce growth for analysis or transmitting an antigen, antitoxin, or antiserum is called
inoculation
who is the first to be recognized as having effectively provided immunity through vaccination?
Edward Jenner
immunity is state of having a
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puerperal fever is a syndrome characterized by a systematic bacterial infection by a
mother in a period immediately after childbirth
who proved the theory of biogenesis once and for all?
Louis Pasteur
who hypothesized that medical students carry "cadaver particles" from their autopsy studies into the delivery rooms?
Ignaz Semmelweis
who advanced the idea of antisepsis?
Joseph Lister
The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology?
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Pure culture technique ensures the growth of only
one type of microbe
this statement " in the laboratory, a sterile inoculation loop is moved across the agar surface in culture dish, thinning a sample and isolating individuals" describes which of the following?
streak plate
salvarsan was tested on rabbits infected with
syphilis
Which of the following is acellular?
prions
What defines transient microflora?
Are temporary passengers
Microbes that live deep in our skin are called?
- Resident
- Indigenous
- Normal flora
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Disease-causing microorganisms are called
pathogens
_______ is a transmissible disease that attacks the central nervous system, is progressive, and is always fatal.
CJD
______ is the most widespread cause of surgical site infections.
Staphylococcus aureus
What is phenetics?
Scientific observations of similarities between organisms
An example of a natural active immunity
getting sick
What is the example of artificial active immunity?
immunization
What is a protein molecule of a viral capsid?
capsomere
Viruses are visible with:
with the use of an electron microscope
Which of the following does not belong to prokaryotes?
plants
Prions have no
- DNA, RNA, cellular structure
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Which of the following is a living organism?
Bacteria
A microorganism which obtains its nutritional requirements from surrounding solutions through osmotic absorption across membranes is called:
Osmotropic
What is the smallest microorganism that requires a host cell for replication?
Virus
Genome is:
The set that includes DNA and RNA
which of the following matches with the meaning of pathological condition?
disease or process and abnormal functioning
which of the following may carry double-stranded RNA?
Viruses
Baltimore Classification system is bases on viral:
Gonome and mRNA
What of the following is smallest?
Nanometer
A nanometer is _______________ than a micrometer.
1000 times smaller
Which unit is more proper to use for viruses?
nm
What describes the resolution?
It is the ability to distinguish two objects.
Which microscope eliminates the need to fix or stain microbes?
Phase-contrast
Microbes stained with a fluorochrome appear as
A bright object against a dark field
Which microscope is used to visualize viruses?
electron
Which of the following allows to obtain 3-D views?
SEM
Commonly used stain for transmission microscope is:
Lead
What is used to fix the specimen to the microscope slide?
100% methanol
Simple staining technique involves the use of:
single stain
Which of the following will increase the function of the stain?
Mordant
Differential stains allow to distinguish among bacteria?
TRUE
Acid-fast stain binds only to bacteria that
Have a waxy chemical material in their cell wall
The primary stain for spore staining is:
Malachite green
Flagella staining uses mordant and carbolfuchsin to:
Thicken the flagella
Blood agar contains erythrocytes of a:
sheep
Which of the following contains powdered Hb?
chocolate agar
Test for HIV
ELISA
Which microscope is used when microbes cannot be stained?
Dark-field