Which of the following adjectives best describes a surgical procedure that is free of microbial contaminants?


a. disinfected
b. sanitized
c. degermed
d. aseptic

Mark the following as true or false, and then correct the false statements so they are true.

a. Human cells make drug efflux pumps.

b. The minimum bactericidal concentration is the minimum concentration of the drug that kills at least 50 percent of the bacteria present.

c. The E-test can reveal if a drug is bactericidal or bacteriostatic.

d. A drug that is bactericidal at one dose may be bacteriostatic at another dose.

e. The antifolate combination therapy trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole may be used to treat protozoan infections.

Why is it challenging to obtain selectively toxic drugs against fungi, protozoans, and viruses?

You are collecting a sample from a deep wound for analysis by the clinical microbiology

lab. Which of the following is not a consideration as you undertake this process?

(NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. Avoiding the skin as the wound is swabbed

b. Using an anaerobic culture tube

c. Disinfecting the tube before collecting the sample

d. Washing your hands before and after sample collection

e. Using complex media

Which of the following is (are) true? Select all that apply. (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. Scalpels are critical equipment.

b. Endoscopes are noncritical equipment.

c. Stethoscopes are noncritical equipment.

d. Anesthesia tubing is semicritical equipment.

e. Critical equipment contacts intact skin.

Why must media, vessels, and instruments be sterilized before they are used for microbiological procedures?

The presence of _________in a water sample usually means pathogens have contaminated the source.

Why is it important to human health and wellbeing that we control microbial growth?

Physical methods used to control microbial growth include all of the following except?