HealthScience2 Infection Control

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What does pathogenic mean?

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Capable of causing disease

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What is a Pathogen?

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Microscopic organism that can cause disease

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What is the term used for an object or materials that are contaminated with pathogenic organisms that can transmit disease?

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Fomite

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A mosquito can be a carrier of disease which is a...

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Vector

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Microorganisms only cause disease

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False

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There is good and bad bacteria

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True

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Virus' replicate in..

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Living cells of an organism

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Viruses are the smallest of the microbes!

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True

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When washing your hands, you should use soap, warm water, and friction, and keep your fingertips:

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Pointed down.

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What is used to cure someone with a bacterial infection such as strep throat? Options: Radiation, Aspirin, Antibiotics, Ibuprophen

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Antibiotics