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Infection Control Part I: Why Audiologists Need to Do It

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1.  The immune system defends and protects the body from infection via:
  1. natural immunity
  2. responses provided by the adaptive immune system
  3. reliance on proliferation of antigen-specific antibody
  4. all of the above
2.  Lymphocytes are:
  1. red blood cells that manage all activities of the immune system
  2. white blood cells that manage all activities of the immune system
  3. a sub-category of eurythrocytes involved in adaptive immune responses
  4. a type of antibody
3.  Antigen refers to:
  1. Substances recognized by the immune system as foreign
  2. Substance that proliferates throughout the body's fluids to fight off infection
  3. Any bodily fluid
  4. A type of lymphocyte
4.  Antibody refers to:
  1. Substances recognized by the immune system as foreign
  2. Substance that proliferates throughout the body's fluids to fight off infection
  3. Any bodily fluid
  4. A type of lymphocyte
5.  The main target of HIV is:
  1. CD-4 B-cell
  2. CD-4 T-cell
  3. CD-4 erythrocytes
  4. None of the above
6.  Infection control is necessary in clinical environments where audiological services are provided because:
  1. it is the law
  2. patients may exhibit both overt and covert levels of immunocompromise
  3. nature of audiological practice increases potential for cross-contamination
  4. all of the above
7.  Mode of disease transmission refers to:
  1. portal of entry into the body
  2. how a microbe moves from one location to the next
  3. guidelines on how to reduce exposure to infectious agents
  4. disease conditions that originate from common place microorganisms
8.  Route of disease transmission refers to:
  1. portal of entry into the body
  2. how a microbe moves from one location to the next
  3. guidelines on how to reduce exposure to infectious agents
  4. disease conditions that originate from common place microorganisms
9.  Infection control:
  1. is a federal mandate
  2. is an ethical obligation
  3. protects both the audiologist AND his/her patients
  4. all of the above
10.  Audiology students:
  1. are exempt from infection control protocols
  2. are only exempt from infection control protocols if they are at the undergraduate level
  3. must follow infection control protocols if they provide clinical services
  4. none of the above