Colorado Esthetician Written Exam Study Guide 2023

with complete solution

Colorado Esthetician Written Exam Study Guide 2023

with complete solution

Patch test ✔Ans✔ Inside of arm, elbow, small area of face and wait 24 hours

Allergy Test ✔Ans✔ Predisposition Test

Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) ✔Ans✔ Regulates employee safety

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ✔Ans✔ Testing and approving drugs sold

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ✔Ans✔ Registers all types of disinfectants sold and used

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ✔Ans✔ Protective clothing and devices to protect individuals from

blood born pathogens

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ✔Ans✔ Studying diseases and prevent spread

Universal Precautions (UP) ✔Ans✔ Employer and employee to assume that there are pathogens

present in human blood that can spread disease in humans

Standard Precautions ✔Ans✔ Introduced by the CDC in 1996, Workers must assume all blood and

bodily fluids are potential risks of infection

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ✔Ans✔ Contains information on product safety and possible

hazards (calling poison control or 911)

Infection Control ✔Ans✔ Methods to reduce transmission of infectious organisms

Bacteria ✔Ans✔ Single cell microorganisms

Nonpathogenic ✔Ans✔ Harmless organisms that may preform useful functions

Pathogenic ✔Ans✔ Harmful organisms that cause disease and infection

Cocci ✔Ans✔ Round shaped bacteria (self-movement)

Staphylococci ✔Ans✔ Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like grapes

Streptococci ✔Ans✔ Pus-forming bacteria that curve like a string of beads

Diplococci ✔Ans✔ Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs (DI=2) causes pneumonia

Bacilli ✔Ans✔ Short rod-shaped bacteria

Spirilla ✔Ans✔ Spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria

Flagella ✔Ans✔ Slender, hair like extensions used by parasites for locomotion (moving about) snake like

motion

Cilia ✔Ans✔ Hair like extensions, but shorter and and move in a rowing-like motion

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ✔Ans✔ infectious bacteria that is high resistant to

conventional treatments such as antibiotics

Viruses ✔Ans✔ Parasitic submicroscopic particles that infects and resides in cells, Does not have a cell

or nucleus, it is a protein. ex. Common colds, measles, mumps, chicken pox, smallpox, HIV/AIDS

Fungi ✔Ans✔ Microscopic plant parasites that include mold, mildew, and yeast