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A corpsman assists a medical officer to perform
incision and drainage of a furuncle on a patient’s
leg. After the I&D procedure, the corpsman changes
a postsurgical abdominal dressing on the same
patient. A few days later, the surgical wound
appears red and swollen and a culture reveals a
significant staphylococcal infection.
2-59.
Reservoir of the infectious agent.
1.
A
2.
B
3.
C
4.
D
2-60.
Mode of transmission.
1.
A
2.
B
3.
C
4.
D
2-61.
Portal of entry.
1.
A
2.
B
3.
C
4.
D
2-62.
Susceptible host.
1.
A
2.
B
3.
C
4.
D
2-63.
One essential practice of medical asepsis is
washing your hands before and after
changing a patient’s dressing(s).
1.
True
2.
False
2-64.
Minimizing the spread of an infectious
disease can be accomplished by the use of
isolation techniques that may include
1.
limiting patient contact
2.
establishing physical barriers
3.
concurrent and terminal disinfection
4.
all of the above
2-65.
The sterilization method of choice for most
articles used in surgery is
1.
dry heat
2.
steam under pressure
3.
ethylene oxide gas
4.
soaking in glutaraldehyde
2-66.
Which of the following is an important step
in using ethylene oxide gas for
sterilization?
1.
Providing protective masks to the
operators
2.
Providing an aeration period
3.
Including surgical blades and sutures
in the pack
4.
Ensuring adequate steam pressure in
the chamber
2-67.
Sterilization of individual strands of suture
is acceptable for which of the types listed?
1.
All absorbable suture material
2.
All nonabsorbable suture material
3.
Both 1 and 2 above
4.
Stainless steel sutures only
2-68.
Which of the following rubber products
may be resterilized after use?
1.
Disposable surgeon’s gloves
2.
Latex surgical drains
3.
Surgical suction tubing
4.
Disposable urinary catheters
