Chapter 26: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Chapter 26: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Worldwide, what is the number-one cause of death?

ANS:   B

In countries with higher standards of living, where people live longer, chronic diseases—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—are the leading causes of death. Infectious diseases, however, are still the number-one cause of death worldwide.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    p. 485

2. VRSA and MRSA were formerly found primarily in hospitals, but where are outbreaks currently on the rise?

ANS:   A

Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) remain problems for people who acquire the bacteria in the hospital, but there is a growing incidence of community-acquired MRSA in places where people closely share facilities such as locker rooms, prisons, and other close bathing areas.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    p. 486

3. Which component of the epidemiologic triangle contributes most to a female client developing a vaginal infection caused by fungi after successful treatment of her strep throat with antibiotics?

ANS:   B

The antibiotic therapy eliminates a specific pathological agent, but it also may alter the balance of normally occurring organisms in the woman’s body, which causes a change in the vaginal environment and allows normally present fungi to proliferate, resulting in a yeast infection.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Synthesis                REF:    p. 487

4. During an outbreak of hepatitis A, nurses are giving injections of hepatitis A immunoglobulin to selected susceptible persons. What sort of immunity will follow?

ANS:   D

Passive immunity refers to immunization through the transfer of a specific antibody from an immunized individual to a nonimmunized individual, such as the transfer of antibody by administration of an antibody-containing preparation (immune globulin or antiserum). Passive immunity from immune globulin is almost immediate but short-lived. It often is induced as a stopgap measure until active immunity has had time to develop after vaccination.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    p. 487