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Which process is described as the destruction of all living organisms, including highly resistant bacterial spores?

Which of the following should be done immediately after sustaining a percutaneous injury with a device or instrument contaminated with patient blood or body fluids?

The CDC defines four principles of infection control. The first principle, Take Action to Stay Healthy, does not include which of the following strategies?

Spaulding’s classification divides instruments and devices into three broad categories, critical, semi-critical, and noncritical. Which of these category items should be heat sterilized between each patient?

The dental hygienist assesses the client and is developing a dental hygiene treatment plan to discuss with the patient and get permission to proceed. She outlines the benefits and risks of the treatment plan. She discusses her findings and takes time to understand the client’s needs, specific desires for their oral health, and ability to pay for treatment. Which ethical principle supports the dental hygienist’s actions?

Which of the following Federal Agencies regulates medical and dental devices for safety and efficacy?

Which of the following Federal Agencies is not a regulatory agency?

Learning that a client has high blood pressure during a dental hygiene appointment would indicate a deficit in which of the following according to the Dental Hygiene Human Needs Conceptual Model?

If the provider-patient relationship is terminated without following a careful process, the patient may claim ____________.

Dental hygiene students are discussing their initial experience in the preclinical dental hygiene course. Before lunch, the students completed a health history for a student partner. One student served as the operator, and one student acted as the patient. The health history is the standard form used for all patients in the dental hygiene clinic. One of the students at the lunch table begins talking about the health information that he solicited from his “student-patient.” Which of the following ethical principles is the student violating?