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