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Cocci are bacteria that are: |
Round-shape |
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Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning? |
Streptococci |
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Bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause pneumonia are: |
Diplococci |
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Lyme disease and syphilis are caused by spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria called: |
Sprilla |
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In 2000, a bacteria called "Mycobacterium fortuitum" caused a client outbreak due to the failure of the practitioner to follow proper disinfection guidelines for: |
Whirlpool foot spas |
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Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called: |
Protoplasm |
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The process whereby bacteria grow, reproduce, and divide into two new cells is: |
Binary fission |
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The presence of pus is a sign of: |
Bacterial infection |
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A ______ infection appears as a lesion containing pus and is confined to a particular part of the body. |
Local |
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What is a condition caused by an infestation of head lice? |
Pediculosis Capitis |
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The ability of the body to destroy and resist infection is called: |
Immunity |
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Disinfectants used in salons must carry a/an ______ registration number. |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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Which agency publishes the guidelines known as Universal Precautions? |
OSHA |
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A salon implement that accidentally comes in contact with blood or body fluids must be thoroughly cleaned and: |
Completely immersed in an EPA-registered disinfectant |
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Disinfectants with a high pH that can cause skin irritation or burn the skin or eyes are: |
Phenolic disinfectants |
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When washing your hands, you apply soap, lather and scrub you hands and under the free edges of the nails with a nail brush for at least: |
1 minute |
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Antiseptics are effective for: |
Killing germs on the hands |
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Universal Precautions require employees to assume that human blood and body fluids are infections for: |
Bloodborne pathogens |
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What do you not do as part of your professional responsibilities? |
Take shortcuts for cleaning |
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When disinfecting a whirlpool foot spa after use by a client, you must circulate the disinfectant for ________ or for the time recommended by the manufacturer. |
10 minutes |
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You should clean your whirlpool foot spa and leave disinfectant solution in it overnight: |
At least once a week |
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After cleaning and disinfecting a pipe-less foot spa at the end of the day, how should you dry it? |
With a clean paper towel |
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Which form of hepatitis if the most difficult to kill on a surface? |
Hepatitis B |
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Accelerated hydrogen peroxide, or AHP, is a recently approved form of disinfectant that only needs to be changed every: |
14 days |
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Mix disinfectants properly by: |
Adding disinfectant to water |
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Licensing, enforcement, and your conduct when you are working in the salon are regulated by _______ agencies. |
State |
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Some _______ disinfectants are harmful to salon tools and equipment. |
Tuberculocidal |
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As a cosmetologist, you are __________ to recommend treatmeants for diseases. |
Not allowed |
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Cosmetologists are not allowed to trim or cut living skin around: |
Any part of the nail |
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Fungal infections are much more common on the _______ than the hands. |
Feet |
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A surface must be properly cleaned before it can be: |
Disinfected |
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Sterilization is the most reliable means of: |
Infection control |
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If the label on a disinfection product includes the word "concentrate", it means that the product must be: |
Diluted before use |
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Quat solutions are ________ disinfectants when used properly in the salon. |
Very effective |
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Using ________ bleach can damage metal and plastic. |
Too much |
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Fumigants are _______ in salons because they produce potentially harmful formaldehyde gas. |
No longer used |
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Never let disinfectants such as phenols and quats come in contact with your: |
Skin |
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Items that are _________ are also considered absorbent. |
Porous |
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Salons should keep a ________ that identifies each time a piece of equipment is used, cleaned, disinfected, tested, and maintained. |
Logbook |
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There is no additive, powder, or tablet that eliminates the need for you to ________ equipment such as whirlpool foot spas. |
Clean and disinfect |
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Not having ______ available poses a health risk to anyone exposed to hazardous material and violates federal and state regulations. |
MSDSs |
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Antimicrobial and antibacterial soaps are _______ regular soaps or detergents. |
No more effective than |
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The ______ include hand washing, wearing gloves and properly handling and disposing of items that may have been contaminated by blood or other body fluids. |
Universal precautions |
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After they have been properly cleaned and disinfected, implements should be stored in a(n) _________ container. |
Clean, covered |
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When cleaning and disinfecting a _______, remove the impeller, footplate, and any other removable parts according to the manufacturer's instructions. |
Pipe-less foot spa |
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At the end of every day, you should properly clean the non whirlpool foot basin or tub and then add the appropriate amount of disinfectant and let it soak for: |
10 minutes |
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Something caused by or capable of being transmitted by infection is called: |
Fungicidal |
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The one-celled microorganism having both plant and animal characteristics are called: |
Bacteria |
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Before beginning any service, you should wash your hands using pump soap, water, and a: |
Clean, disinfected nail brush |
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The transmission of blood or body fluids through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, or talking is known as _________ transmission. |
Direct |
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transmission of blood or body fluids through contact with a(n) _________, such as a razor or an environmental surface, is indirect transmission. |
Intermediate contaminated object |
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Various poisonous substances produced by some microorganisms are called: |
Toxins |
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A disease that is spread by contact from one person to another person is a(n): |
Contagious disease |
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A disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms that enter the body, and which may or may not be spread from one person to another person, is a(n): |
Infectious disease |
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The scientific name for plantar warts is: |
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
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Any organism of microscopic to submicroscopic size is a(n): |
Steptococci |
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The removal of potentially infectious materials on an item's surface and the removal of visible debris or residue is called: |
Decontamination |
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A(n) _______ disease affects the body as a whole, often due to under- or over-functioning or internal glands or organs. |
Systemic |
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The determination of the nature of a disease from its symptoms and/or tests is a(n): |
Diagnosis |
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A(n) ________ is a condition in which the body reacts to injury, irritation, infection. |
Inflammation |
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A parasitic disease is called by: |
Parasites |
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A(n) _______ is a submicroscopic particle that infects and resides in cells of biological organisms and is capable of replication only through taking over the host cell's reproductive function. |
Cocci |
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The virus that causes AIDS is: |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) |
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Contact with nonintact skin, blood, body fluid, or other potentially infectious materials that is the result of the performance of an employee's duties is a(n): |
Exposure incident |
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The scientific name for barber's itch is: |
Tinea Pedis |
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Organisms that grow, feed, and find shelter on or in another organism, while contributing nothing to the survival of that organism, are: |
Parasites |
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The presence, of the reasonably anticipated presence, of potentially infectious materials on an items surface or visible debris or residues is called: |
Contamination |
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A reaction due to extreme sensitivity to certain foods chemicals, or other normally harmless substances is a(n): |
Allergy |
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A(n) ________ is produced by organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. |
Pathogenic disease |
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The term _______ describes a ringworm fungus of the foot. |
Tinea Pedis |
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Illnesses resulting from conditions associated with employment are: |
Occupational diseases |
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A(n) _________ is an abnormal condition of all or part of the body, or its systems or organ, that makes the body incapable of functioning normally. |
Disease |