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

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.

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

a. disinfected

b. sanitized

c. degermed

d. aseptic

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

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?

What is the main difference between preservation and sterilization?

Which of the following concerning the varying levels of microbial control is false?