Chapter 06 True or False Exercise

Environmental exogenous sources include animate objects such as fomites.

False. Fomites are inanimate objects

The most commonly transmitted pathogen in the OR is HIV.

False. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are more common

Hair removal is best performed with a depilatory or electric clippers.

True

Carriers of endogenous sources of infection include S. aureus. Those with pustules should postpone elective procedures especially total joint implant surgery until those lesions have cleared.

True

Patients who received radiation therapy instead of chemotherapy do not have an increased risk of SSI.

False. Neither treatment eliminates the risk

Infection spread by contaminated instruments is an example of direct contact transmission.

False. It’s an example of indirect contact transmission.

Increased age and obesity play a vital role in the risk of the patient contracting an SSI.

True

Bacterial meningitis may be caused by aerobic gram-negative cocci called N. meningitides.

True

The skin, hair, and nares of OR personnel are reservoirs of bacteria that may cause an SSI in the surgical patient.

True

The second line of defense includes antibodies either through natural active immunity (disease exposure), artificially acquired immunity when vaccinated or artificially passively injected with short term antibodies to prevent disease development.

False. They belong in the third line of defense