DANB Infection Control Exam practice test

How frequently does the CDC recommend that dental practices perform biological (spore) monitoring of each sterilizer?

According to the Spaulding classification, a dental instrument that penetrates soft tissue or bone, such as a surgical bur or scalpel, is categorized as which type of item?

When a dental assistant is removing contaminated personal protective equipment after a procedure, which item should generally be removed first?

A clinical contact surface that cannot be barrier protected becomes visibly contaminated with blood during a procedure. What is the correct two-step approach for this surface between patients?

Before performing an oral surgical procedure, surgical hand antisepsis should be done. Which practice is correct for surgical hand asepsis?

Which of the following items is considered regulated medical waste that must be discarded in a sharps container?

Under the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, when must an employer make the hepatitis B vaccination series available to an employee with occupational exposure risk, and at what cost?

The CDC recommends that water used for routine, nonsurgical dental treatment meet what standard for heterotrophic bacteria?

A dental assistant notices that a chemical indicator strip inside a sterilization pouch did not change color after the cycle. What does this finding indicate?

Immediately after a dental assistant sustains a needlestick injury from a contaminated needle, what is the correct first action?

In an efficient instrument processing area, the workflow should be arranged so that instruments move in which direction?

Why is the use of an ultrasonic cleaner or instrument washer preferred over hand scrubbing for precleaning contaminated instruments?

Which statement best describes the concept of standard precautions as applied in the dental setting?

Why must instruments be packaged in appropriate sterilization pouches or wraps before being placed in the sterilizer?

During a procedure the operator must adjust the dental light handle and then continue treatment. Which approach best maintains asepsis?

An EPA-registered surface disinfectant used on dental clinical contact surfaces contaminated with blood should at minimum be labeled with which capability?

A semicritical item is heat sensitive and cannot withstand steam sterilization. What is the recommended way to process this item between patients?

Which loading practice helps ensure that a steam autoclave achieves effective sterilization?

In the chain of infection, an item or person that carries an infectious agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host without itself becoming infected is best described as a what?