The Laboratory Role In Infection Control - Diagnostic Microbiology | Biology+

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Microbiology

Study Pack

Set 1: Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics

Set 2: Hostparasite Interaction

Set 3: The Laboratory Role in Infection Control

Set 4: Control of Microorganisms

Set 5: Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory

Set 6: Specimen Collection and Processing

Set 7: Microscopic Examination of Materials From Infected Sites

Set 8: Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms

Set 9: Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Set 10: Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Set 11: Applications of Molecular Diagnostics

Set 12: Antimicrobial Agent Mechanisms of Action and Resistance Mechanisms

Set 13: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Set 14: Staphylococci

Set 15: Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci

Set 16: Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli

Set 17: Neisseria Species and Moraxella Catarrhalis

Set 18: Haemophilus, Hacek, Legionella, and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli

Set 19: Enterobacteriaceae

Set 20: Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species

Set 21: Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli

Set 22: Anaerobes of Clinical Importance

Set 23: The Spirochetes

Set 24: Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms

Set 25: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Set 26: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Set 27: Medically Significant Fungi

Set 28: Diagnostic Parasitology

Set 29: Clinical Virology

Set 30: Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology

Set 31: Biofilms: Architects of Disease

Set 32: Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Set 33: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Set 34: Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning

Set 35: Infections of the Central Nervous System

Set 36: Bacteremia and Sepsis

Set 37: Urinary Tract Infections

Set 38: Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Set 39: Infections in Special Populations

Set 40: Zoonotic Diseases

Set 41: Ocular Infections

Set 3 The Laboratory Role In Infection Control

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Set 3 The Laboratory Role In Infection Control

(Multiple Choice)

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In an outbreak investigation and in the collection of routine surveillance data, what sorts of activities are critical?

A) Microbiologists' awareness of the processes that occur in a routine investigation
B) Alerting the public health department about potential outbreaks
C) Analyzing data on antimicrobial susceptibility from pathogens in the hospital so the health care providers understand the type of antimicrobials that must be used
D) Collecting, processing, reporting, and reviewing pertinent cultures

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(Multiple Choice)

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Organisms that represent public health concerns can be recovered from patients in an acute care hospital. All of the following isolates are considered significant or major public health concerns that are reportable to public health jurisdictions to follow up as a potential outbreak, except

A) Neisseria meningitis.
B) West Nile virus.
C) MRSA.
D) encephalitis viruses.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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What is pulsed-field gel electrophoresis?

A) The process of performing various environmental cultures to aid in infection control investigations
B) A strain-typing technique that can be an important adjunct to epidemiologic investigations
C) A culture technique that compares the two antibiograms of an isolate with the index case
D) A technique that checks for water quality

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