When patients say that they're allergic to a local anesthetic, they're probably a. allergic to the "-caine" drug family to which most anesthetics belong. b. allergic to the glass carpule the solution rests in. c. allergic to the metal in the needle. d. referring to a tachycardia response to the vasoconstrictor.

Hiv is inactivated in the laboratory after a few minutes of sitting at room temperature, but the flu virus is still active after sitting for several hours. what are the practical consequences of these findings? a) hiv can be transmitted more easily from person to person than the flu virusb) the flu virus can be transmitted more easily from person to person than hivc) this property of hiv makes it more likely to be a pandemic than the flu virusd) disinfecting surfaces is more important to reduce the spread of hiv than the flu