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1
Your best course of action in the prevention of blood-borne infectious diseases is to assume that every patient is contaminated with blood-borne pathogens.
A)True
B)False
2
The main risk factor for hepatitis B and C is sexual activity.
A)True
B)False
3
Patients who completely recover from hepatitis B and hepatitis C do not remain infected with the virus for life.
A)True
B)False
4
An employer may offer a vaccination for HBV infection at a small charge to the health-care worker.
A)True
B)False
5
If you are exposed to hepatitis B and have not been vaccinated, you can receive a postexposure inoculation of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG).
A)True
B)False
6
Over a period of time and in most cases, HIV infection develops into AIDS, which results in death.
A)True
B)False
7
Most cases of HIV infection in health-care workers occur as a result of mucocutaneous exposure.
A)True
B)False
8
HIV infection is by far the single largest risk factor for the development of tuberculosis infection into the active form of the disease.
A)True
B)False
9
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) block the ability of HIV to make copies of itself.
A)True
B)False
10
Every state must report a patient who has HIV infection by name to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A)True
B)False





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