Issn Print: 0032-1052

Publication Date: 2000/09/01


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Efficacy of Preoperative Decontamination of the Oral Cavity

Adam N. Summers; David L. Larson; Charles E. Edmiston; Arun K. Gosain; Arlen D. Denny; Lee Radke

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1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PREOPERATIVE TREATMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES INTRAOPERATIVE ORAL BACTERIAL LOAD?
A) Intraoral saline preparation
B) Intraoral povidone-iodine preparation
C) Intravenous antibiotic
D) All of the above
2. ACCORDING TO ASMS SURVEY RESULTS, THE MOST COMMONLY USED INTRAORAL PREPARATION CONSISTS OF
A) Nothing
B) Saline
C) Povidone-iodine
D) Chlorhexidine
E) Bacitracin
3. ACCORDING TO ASMS SURVEY RESULTS, BEFORE INTRAORAL SURGERY THE MOST COMMONLY USED PROPHYLACTIC INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTIC IS
A) None
B) Penicillin
C) Cephalosporin
D) Clindamycin
E) Erythromycin
4. NORMAL SALIVARY BACTERIAL FLORA COUNTS RANGE FROM
A) 05 to 106
B) 106 to 107
C) 107 to 108
D) 108 to 109
5. PROPHYLACTIC INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
A) Oral colonization with enterococci
B) Oral colonization with yeast
C) A reduction in intraoral bacterial counts
D) Systemic allergic reactions
6. LONGER CASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED INTRAORAL BACTERIAL LOAD.
A) True
B) False
7. PROPHYLAXIS WITH PREOPERATIVE INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS IS AS EFFECTIVE AS AN INTRAORAL PREPARATION.
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