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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The only federal institute responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury is the: | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). |
| Issuing and enforcing rules and regulations with which dental practitioners must comply is the role of a(n) _____ agency. | regulatory |
| Infection-control procedures practiced in dentistry today are based on the Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings—2003 issued by the: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| The primary federal agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and that conducts and supports medical research and is the: | NIH |
| States that administer their own state-operated OSHA programs do not have to meet or exceed federal OSHA standards. True or false | False |
| True or False: The ADA, ADAA, ADHA, and OSAP are regulatory agencies that monitor and regulate the practice of dentistry. True or false | False |
| The governmental regulatory agency that ensures the safety and effectiveness of disinfectants associated with dentistry is the: | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). |
| The federal regulatory agency responsible for ensuring the safety and health of America’s workers and for setting and enforcing protective standards is the: | OSHA. |
| The nonregulatory agency that issues recommendations based on strong scientific evidence that form the standard of care for dentistry is the: | CDC. |
| The agency that approves medical and dental devices for marketing in the United States is the: | FDA. |
| Housekeeping surfaces: | need to be cleaned with only a detergent or low-level disinfectant. |
| By current infection control guidelines of the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP), instrument trays are considered to be _____ surfaces. | transfer |
| The appropriate disinfection protocol to follow when a surface has been covered with a barrier is: | clean and disinfect the surface at the beginning and end of each workday. |
| A product capable of killing a virus should be labeled: | virucidal. |
| Recommendations for mixing solutions of detergents or disinfectants include: | making fresh cleaning solution each day and discarding any unused solution at the end of the treatment day. |
| Precautions when using glutaraldehyde include: | avoid inhaling the fumes. always rinse instruments thoroughly prior to any intraoral use. wear PPE to protect the eyes, skin, and lungs. |
| Disinfectants used in dentistry must be: | registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). registered as hospital disinfectants with tuberculocidal claims. |
| Carpet in dental treatment areas: | harbors both bacteria and fungi. |
| Some microorganisms may survive on outside the host on environmental surfaces. The organism of concern to dentistry that can survive five weeks outside the host is: | tuberculosis. |
| Which of the following can be used as a surface disinfectant in the dentistry? | Iodophors |
| A product capable of killing spores is: | sporicidal. |
| One difference between a disinfectant and sterilant is: | a disinfectant kills disease-causing microorganisms remaining on surfaces after precleaning. |
| If the surface below the barrier is inadvertently touched when removing a contaminated barrier, the protocol to follow indicates: | the surface needs to be cleaned and disinfected. |
| Instability, daily preparation, strong odor, and corrosion are some of the disadvantages of: | sodium hypochlorite. |
| Under the CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings—2003, housekeeping surfaces include: | floors. walls. sink |
| The environmental surfaces that must be cleaned and decontaminated more rigorously than the others are: | clinical contact surfaces. |
| The agency responsible for the Bloodborne Pathogens Standards that requires contaminated surfaces to be disinfected between patients, even if no evidence of contamination is visible is: | OSHA. |
| Acceptable barriers include: | clear plastic wrap. plastic bags. tubing and plastic-backed paper |
| All of the following surfaces should be protected from contamination with barriers except: | counter tops in the reception area. |
| One reason for taking precautions when using complex phenols for disinfection is that they: | can degrade some plastics or etch the surface of glass. |
| The agency that regulates and registers disinfectants and chemical sterilants according to chemical classification is: | the EPA. |
| The purpose of precleaning a surface is: | to reduce the number of microbes. to remove accumulated blood, saliva, and other body fluids. |
| According to the EPA, synthetic phenol compounds are categorized as intermediate-level hospital disinfectants. Phenols can be used on: | metal. glass. rubber or plastic. |
| One of the benefits of using a complex phenol solution for disinfection is that they: | are compatible with metal, glass, rubber, and plastic. |
| The chemical disinfectant classified as an intermediate-level agent that is no longer recommended for use in dentistry i | sodium hypochlorite. |