Question | Answer |
Direct contact indicates | transmission from person to person |
Vehicle route means | transmission via food, water or blood |
West Nile Virus | transmission by a vector |
Indirect contact means | transmission from a person to an object |
Mode of Transmission means | organisms need transportation to new host |
Airborne transmissions means | transmission through ventilations systems |
The Chain of infections means | the links in he chain of infection |
Vaccines work because | body responses |
The " universal disinfectant " is | bleach |
A Recurrent Infection is a | repetition of an infection after recovery |
A Virus is known as | very samll organism needs a host cell to multiply cannot live on its own |
To initiate an infection, the microorganism umst be a | pathogen |
low-level disinfection means | kills most bacteria and some fungi |
All patients regardless of their diagnosis should | be treated with dignity |
Chemical disinfection is used for | heat sensitive equipment |
Postexposure prophylaxis means | treatment after exposure to a pathogen |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
VRE | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci |
FUNGI | single-celled organism uses spores to reproduce |
BACTERIA | single-celled organisms that multiply by cell division |
PROTOZOA | single celled organism, found mainly in sewage systems |
VIRULENCE | power of a microbe to produce disease |
MMR VACCINE | contraindications include pregnancy, allergy to egg |
HAND WASHING | effective method of preventing spread of infection |
MEDICAL ASEPSIS | killing germs after they leave the bocy |
TERATOGENIC | causing abnormalities in the fetus |
SURGICAL ASEPSIS | otherwise known as sterilization |
PPE | Proper Protective Equipment |
INFECTION | entry and spread of a microorganism |
MICROORGANISM | organism seen only by microscope |
CONTAGIOUS | disease spread from person to person |
IMMUNITY | ability to fight off disease |
TOPICAL | applied to skin or affected area |
REMISSION | chronic infection shows no symptoms |
PATHOGEN | microorganism which causes disease |
ANTIGEN | a pathogen that induces an antibody response |
ANTIBODY | protein specific to certain antigens |
ASEPSIS | pathogens are absent or reduced |