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1. Also known as STERILE TECHNIQUE

A. Surgical Asepsis
B. Medical Asepsis
C. Sepsis
D. Asepsis

2. This is a person or animal, who is without signs of illness but harbors pathogen within his
body and can be transferred to another

A. Host
B. Agent
C. Environment
D. Carrier

3. Refers to a person or animal, known or believed to have been exposed to a disease.

A. Carrier
B. Contact
C. Agent
D. Host

4. A substance usually intended for use on inanimate objects, that destroys pathogens but
not the spores.

A. Sterilization
B. Disinfectant
C. Antiseptic
D. Autoclave

5. This is a process of removing pathogens but not their spores

A. Sterilization
B. Auto claving
C. Disinfection
D. Medical asepsis

6. The ability of the infectious agent to cause a disease primarily depends on all of the
following except

A. Pathogenicity
B. Virulence
C. Invasiveness
D. Non Specificity

7. Considered as the first line of defense of the body against infection

A. Skin
B. WBC
C. Leukocytes
D. Immunization

8. This is considered as the most important aspect of handwashing

A. Time
B. Friction
C. Water
D. Soap

9. The suggested time per hand on handwashing using the time method is

A. 5 to 10 seconds each hand

B. 10 to 15 seconds each hand
C. 15 to 30 seconds each hand
D. 30 to 60 seconds each hand

10. In putting sterile gloves, Which should be gloved first?

A. The dominant hand

B. The non dominant hand
C. The left hand
D. No specific order, Its up to the nurse for her own convenience

Prepared by Nicholas Tagle