Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition By by Susan King Strasinger - Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection?

A. Host

B. Reservoir

C. Point of entry

D. Point of exit

ANS: B

DIF: Level 1

OBJ: 1

TOP: Biologic hazards

2. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:

A. Source

B. Host

C. Disinfectant

D. Transmission method

ANS: C

DIF: Level 2

OBJ: 1

TOP: Biologic hazards

3. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor pulls you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infection protocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?

A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood

B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long

C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents

D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces

ANS: C

DIF: Level 3

OBJ: 1

TOP: Biologic hazards

4. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:

A. Electrical shock

B. Broken tube

C. Unbalancing

D. Aerosol

ANS: D

DIF: Level 2

OBJ: 2

TOP: Biologic hazards

5. Which of the following guidelines tells laboratory personnel to consider all patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?

A. Urinalysis precautions

B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions

C. Standard precautions

D. Body fluid precautions

ANS: C

DIF: Level 1

OBJ: 2

TOP: Biologic hazards

6. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that universal precautions be followed when encountering:

A. Specimens containing visible blood

B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens

C. All body fluid specimens

D. Specimens that may produce aerosols

ANS: A

DIF: Level 1

OBJ: 2

TOP: Biologic hazards