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OSHA stands for ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What system requires that personal protective equipment (PPE) be worn for contact with all body
fluids,
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Texas Esthetics State Board Review
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OSHA stands for ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What system requires that personal protective equipment (PPE) be worn for contact with all body
fluids, even if blood is visible? ✔✔Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
What does asymptomatic mean? ✔✔Showing no signs or symptoms of infection
What is the chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned
surfaces called? ✔✔Sanitation
Why is is important to know the difference between rules and laws? ✔✔Rules and regulations
are more specific than laws
What did the CDC introduce in 1985 as a response to the major public health crisis of AIDS?
✔✔Universal Precautions
Who should you call as soon as possible after an accident has occurred? ✔✔EMTs
The ability of a disinfecting solution to kill germs when used according to the label is known as
✔✔Efficacy
What term refers to items made or constructed of a material that has openings? ✔✔Porous
What replaced the Universal Precautions in 1996? ✔✔Standard Precations
What is mycobacterium fortuitum? ✔✔A microscopic germ that normally exists in tap water in
small numbers
Natural immunity is resistance to disease that is ✔✔Partly inherited and partly developed
through healthy living
Standard Precautions (SP) apply to all body fluids and secretions except what? ✔✔Sweat
What is the correct term for disease-causing microorganisms carried in the body by blood?
✔✔Bloodborne pathogens
What is the basic assumption underlying Standard Precautions (SP)? ✔✔All body fluids are
potential sources of infection
What term refers to the ability of the body to destroy and resist infection? ✔✔Immunity
What is the term for pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes?
✔✔Staphylococci
What is the term for slender, hair-like extensions used by bacilli and spirilia for locomotion?
✔✔Flagella
What is efficacy? ✔✔Ability to produce an effect
What is a type of infectious bacteria that is highly resistant to conventional treatments such as
antibiotics? ✔✔Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
What does bactericidal mean? ✔✔Capable of destroying bacteria
What is tinea barbae? ✔✔Superficial fungal infe
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