Surgical technologist must process surgical conscience in order to

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an infectious disease that is constantly present in a region, community, or population but involves relatively few members of people and low rates of mortality is called:

endemic

an infectious disease which occurs with a greater than normal incidence rate at the same time in a geographical area is called:

epidemic

an infectious disease that occurs worldwide or in a majority of the population of a large group is called

pandemic

bloodborne pathogens are capable of causing diseases which are spread through

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who first discovered the bacterial world?

Antoni van Leewenhook

The theory of abiogenesis claimed that life could spontaneously arise from

nonliving material

the process of transmitting a pathogen to produce growth for analysis or transmitting an antigen, antitoxin, or antiserum is called

inoculation

who is the first to be recognized as having effectively provided immunity through vaccination?

Edward Jenner

immunity is state of having a

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puerperal fever is a syndrome characterized by a systematic bacterial infection by a

mother in a period immediately after childbirth

who proved the theory of biogenesis once and for all?

Louis Pasteur

who hypothesized that medical students carry "cadaver particles" from their autopsy studies into the delivery rooms?

Ignaz Semmelweis

who advanced the idea of antisepsis?

Joseph Lister

The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology?

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Pure culture technique ensures the growth of only

one type of microbe

this statement " in the laboratory, a sterile inoculation loop is moved across the agar surface in culture dish, thinning a sample and isolating individuals" describes which of the following?

streak plate

salvarsan was tested on rabbits infected with

syphilis

Which of the following is acellular?

prions

What defines transient microflora?

Are temporary passengers

Microbes that live deep in our skin are called?

- Resident
- Indigenous
- Normal flora
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Disease-causing microorganisms are called

pathogens

_______ is a transmissible disease that attacks the central nervous system, is progressive, and is always fatal.

CJD

______ is the most widespread cause of surgical site infections.

Staphylococcus aureus

What is phenetics?

Scientific observations of similarities between organisms

An example of a natural active immunity

getting sick

What is the example of artificial active immunity?

immunization

What is a protein molecule of a viral capsid?

capsomere

Viruses are visible with:

with the use of an electron microscope

Which of the following does not belong to prokaryotes?

plants

Prions have no

- DNA, RNA, cellular structure
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Which of the following is a living organism?

Bacteria

A microorganism which obtains its nutritional requirements from surrounding solutions through osmotic absorption across membranes is called:

Osmotropic

What is the smallest microorganism that requires a host cell for replication?

Virus

Genome is:

The set that includes DNA and RNA

which of the following matches with the meaning of pathological condition?

disease or process and abnormal functioning

which of the following may carry double-stranded RNA?

Viruses

Baltimore Classification system is bases on viral:

Gonome and mRNA

What of the following is smallest?

Nanometer

A nanometer is _______________ than a micrometer.

1000 times smaller

Which unit is more proper to use for viruses?

nm

What describes the resolution?

It is the ability to distinguish two objects.

Which microscope eliminates the need to fix or stain microbes?

Phase-contrast

Microbes stained with a fluorochrome appear as

A bright object against a dark field

Which microscope is used to visualize viruses?

electron

Which of the following allows to obtain 3-D views?

SEM

Commonly used stain for transmission microscope is:

Lead

What is used to fix the specimen to the microscope slide?

100% methanol

Simple staining technique involves the use of:

single stain

Which of the following will increase the function of the stain?

Mordant

Differential stains allow to distinguish among bacteria?

TRUE

Acid-fast stain binds only to bacteria that

Have a waxy chemical material in their cell wall

The primary stain for spore staining is:

Malachite green

Flagella staining uses mordant and carbolfuchsin to:

Thicken the flagella

Blood agar contains erythrocytes of a:

sheep

Which of the following contains powdered Hb?

chocolate agar

Test for HIV

ELISA

Which microscope is used when microbes cannot be stained?

Dark-field