front 1 Surgical technologist must possess surgical conscience in order to: | back 1 -not hesitate to admit a mistake |
front 2 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 | back 2 Endemic |
front 3 An infectious disease which occurs with a greater-than-normal incidence rate at the same time in a geographical area is called: | back 3 Epidemic |
front 4 An infectious disease that occurs worldwide or in a majority of the population of a large geographic group is called: | back 4 pandemic |
front 5 Blood-borne pathogens are capable of causing disease which are spread through_______. | back 5 blood transfusions |
front 6 Who first discovered the bacterial world | back 6 Antoni van Leeuwenhook |
front 7 The theory of abiogenesis claimed that life could spontaneously arise from | back 7 Nonliving material |
front 8 Who supported the theory of spontaneous generation | back 8 John Needham |
front 9 The process of transmitting a pathogen to produce growth for analysis or transmitting an antigen, antitoxin, or antiserum is called | back 9 Inoculation |
front 10 Who is the first to be recognized having been effectively provide immunity through vaccination | back 10 Edward Jenner |
front 11 Immunity is the state of having a | back 11 Both acquired and natural protection against an infectious disease |
front 12 Puerperal fever is a syndrome characterized by a systemic bacterial infection by a | back 12 Mother Immediately after childbirth |
front 13 Who proved the theory biogenesis once and for all | back 13 Louis Pasteur |
front 14 Who discovered the cause of anthrax and tuberculosis | back 14 Robert Koch |
front 15 Who hypothesized that medical students carry "cadaver particles" from their autopsy studies into the delivery rooms? | back 15 Ignaz Semmelweis |
front 16 Who advanced the idea of antisepsis? | back 16 Joseph Lister |
front 17 The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology? | back 17 development of agar as a growth medium |
front 18 Pure culture technique ensures the growth of only | back 18 One type of microbe |
front 19 This statement, " in the laboratory, a sterile inoculating loop is moved across the agar surface in a culture dish, thinning a sample and isolating individuals," describes which of the following? | back 19 Streak plate |
front 20 obligate anaerobes | back 20 Will not grow in the presence of oxygen |
front 21 Obligate aerobes | back 21 require oxygen |
front 22 A procedure utilized to protect the public by separating, isolating, and restricting the movement of individuals demonstrating symptoms of a contagious disease are those exposed to infectious disease in order to determine their status and potential transmissibility is called | back 22 Quarantine |
front 23 The procedure of producing immunity by administration of a vaccine through various means, such as intradermally, or orally is called | back 23 Vaccination |
front 24 The honesty and moral integrity that the surgical technologist must
possess in order to: | back 24 Surgical conscience |
front 25 Any agent, physical( steam, heat, ionizing radiation) or chemical (liquid, gas, plasma vapor) capable of destroying all living micro organisms, including spores, to render an object sterile | back 25 Sterilant |
front 26 Which of the following is the most important factor in a surgical technologist's role in preventing surgical site infections? | back 26 Strict surgical conscience |
front 27 English pioneer, responsible for establishing some of the first principles of aseptic technique | back 27 Joseph Lister |
front 28 The state or condition of having a lowered immune system, which makes an individual vulnerable to pathogenic and/or opportunistic infections is called | back 28 Immunocompromised |
front 29 Components of attire worn to protect against exposure to physical and biological hazards including masks, gloves, goggles/shields, respirators, gowns, ladder aprons, and shoe covers is | back 29 Personal protective equipment (PPE) |
front 30 Which component of personal protective equipment (PPE) has shown the ability to decrease disease transmission from needle punctures? | back 30 Double gloving |
front 31 Treatment of disease with chemical substances or pharmaceutical agents | back 31 Chemotherapy |
front 32 The first antibiotic ever developed | back 32 Penicillin |