Question

Clara loves to cook and prepares dinner every single night for her family. Clara is also very conscious of clean techniques like always washing her hands prior to handling food to reduce the spread of pathogens and washing her cooking utensils in hot, soapy water. Both of these clean techniques are practices used to reduce the number of microorganisms and prevent the spread of disease, also known as:

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Responses

contact precautions.

contact precautions.

droplet precautions.

droplet precautions.

medical asepsis.

medical asepsis.

protective isolation.

Answer 1

The correct response is **medical asepsis**. This term refers to techniques used to reduce the number of microorganisms and prevent the spread of disease, which aligns with Clara's practices of handwashing and cleaning utensils.