Chapter 8 Chapter Review

1. Most microorganisms are?

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2. Bacteria are classified according to?
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3. What organisms may cause a wide spectrum of illnesses?
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4. Fungi cause disease mainly in individuals who are
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5. Microorganisms that cause illness are called?
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6. What stain helps to quickly identify the cause of an infection?
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7. A person whose normal defense mechanisms are impaired and is therefore
more susceptible to infection is called a?
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8. What is the goal of sanitation?
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9. The process of killing all microorganisms is?
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10.
The process of infection cannot occur without the
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11.
Bacteria are classified according to what?
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12.
_______-__________ microorganisms stain red or rose-pink.
13.
_______-__________ microorganisms stain blue or purple.
14.
What are organisms that can live only inside cells?

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Some viruses have the ability to create an additional coating called
what? ___________________
16.
Fungi cause disease mainly in individuals who are what?
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17.
Where do most protozoa obtain their food from? ________________
18.
How is infection spread? _____________________________________
19.
What is rickettsia? __________________________________________
20.
Know the 3 different causative agents?
21.
What are fomites?
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22.
Know the 3 different modes of transmission.
23.
Know the 6 Portal of Entries
24.
Know the difference in a susceptible host and a compromised host.
25.
The single most important means of preventing the spread of infection
is ___________________________________________
26.
What can NOT be sterilized?
27.
Pharmacy technicians must focus on the control of microorganisms by
____________, ___________, and ____________ _____________.
28.
The most frequently employed physical agents used to control
microbes are ___________, ____________, and _______________.
29.
How can air be sterilized?
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30.
Define disinfection?
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