EXERCISES, LESSON 2
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the
answer in the space provided at the end of the exercise. After you have completed all
of these exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the end of the lesson and check
your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced
with the solution.
1. A person says that medical and surgical aseptic techniques refer to the same
procedures used in two separate locations. Is this correct?
a. Yes.
b. No.
2. Which one of the following is true of surgical aseptic technique rather than medical
aseptic technique?
a. A patient with a communicable respiratory disease is put in a ward containing
other patients having the same disease.
b. Surgery is performed in a special room that is located away from nonsurgical
patients.
c. Hands and arms are dried with a clean paper towel after the handwash is
performed.
d. The inside of the worker's gown is clean while the outside is considered to be
contaminated.
3. The procedures employed to reduce or eliminate disease-causing organisms or
their action or to minimize the area where disease-causing organisms exist in order
to protect against infection are called:
a. Aseptic techniques.
b. Isolation procedures.
c. Sanitary techniques.
d. Zone procedures.
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