A 35-year-old male presents to the ER with a laceration on his left hand. The patient reports an hour ago he was working on renovations in his 1945 home, when an old board fell and injured his hand. The laceration is approximately 3 inches long and moderately deep. It appears that the cut was bleeding heavily, but he has stopped the bleeding by holding pressure on the site with an old t-shirt.

The lumbar puncture was especially uncomfortable for the patient. What step listed below needs to be taken to ensure the procedure does not need to be repeated?

The RN utilizes an alcohol-based hand cleanser with friction rub when his hands are not visibly dirty. Which of the following terms appropriately describes the type of antimicrobial control provided by alcohol-based hand cleansers?

The RN practices proper handwashing technique when his hands are visibly dirty. Which of the following terms most appropriately describes the type of antimicrobial control provided by handwashing with an iodophor hand scrub and water?

You begin your shift in the infusion center at the local oncology center. Your first patient is a 45-year-old female who has been coming in weekly for the past month for her infusion of chemotherapy. She reports oral pain and difficulty eating that has been worsening since her last appointment. Your assessment reveals a white film covering the inside of her cheeks and tongue. You swab the inside of her mouth for microscopic analysis.

The patient’s salmonella diagnosis is a reportable disease and you contact the appropriate state agency to begin an investigation. The patient specimen will be evaluated by what method used by the CDC to identify cases in an outbreak?

Sulfisoxazole is an antibiotic that resembles the shape of a bacterial enzyme substrate. What mode of action does it have in bacterial cells? 

After staining, the specimen is inspected. The laboratory technician identifies single-celled organisms that possess a nucleus, and many of them are undergoing the process of budding. Based on this finding, it is most likely that the patient is suffering from an infection caused by a ______.

The county public health department is notified that an organism has been identified in a local lake, which is popular for water recreation and swimming. Acanthamoeba is familiar to the public health officials as an amoeba that can cause a fatal brain disease in both normal and immunocompromised individuals. An RN is a member of the taskforce assigned to the development and dissemination of community education. The team prepares information for the public to be released to media outlets and posted at the lake.

Further microscopic analysis of negatively stained specimens reveals a colorless ring around the outside of each of the spherical cells against a dark background. This clearing indicates that the pathogen possesses which structure(s)?