Health Science Essentials Week #1 & #2

What is a prefix?

Which statement is true about "famotidine"?

____ discovered that infection could be prevented by using antiseptic agents

This drug should be avoided to prevent excessive bleeding if a patient is scheduled for surgery

The bleach solution for spills is

It is ok to wear more than one Lidocaine patch at a time T or F?

_______ is a word element attached at the end of the word.

Often called healthcare-associated infections

Autoclaved items have a shelf life of

Common side effect for HBV is

Bacteria is the plural for the New Latin word ______.

This helped Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis save a number of lives in the 1800s

"inter" means

The word root that means "skin"

This drug is used for GERD and works best when taken 30 mins before breakfast

hyper refers to something being.....

biology is the study of....

Needles, sutures, and ______ should be placed in the sharps container

Post exposure what tests are expected to be ran?

Lovenox is classified as a

Stage when 1st onset of signs & symptoms occur

Medical term for "blood clot"

Is it ok to double up on doses of Nebivolol/Bystolic?

This type of Hepatitis is not a bloodborne pathogen

The plural of thrombus is

Dutasteride is used to treat

________ is the most important work practice especially for preventing nosocomial infection

Autoclaving is a form of _____ that kills ALL microorganisms

This drug is used to treat Strokes, Myocardial Infarctions, etc

dys is the prefix meaning

The prefix "anti" means

The word root "cardi" means

______ created the germ theory

You should wash your hands vigorously for ______ between patients

The _______ is the basic foundation of the word.

Nosocomial Infections originate

-iatry as in psychiatry refers to

Standard precautions should be used