Infectious Disease Vocab.

A bacterium, virus, or other microorganisms that can cause disease.

• Infection

• Antibiotics

• Chain of Infection

• Pathogen

Which one is not a part of the chain of infection?

• Reservoir

• Disinfectant

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

Additional infection control precaution.

• Standard Precautions

• Normal Flora

• Asepis

• Transmission Precautions

Infectious disease is...

• disorders caused by organism

• absence of bacteria

• infection acquired in a hospital

• destruction of bacteria

A medicine that inhibits growth or destroys microorganisms.

• Antibiotics

• Antiseptic

• Asepsis

• Infection

Branch of Science that deals with microorganisms.

• Infection

• Microbiology

• Pathogen

• Nosocomial

Another term for Nosocomial Infection is...

• Transmission Precautions

• Surgical and Medical

• Standard Precautions

• Hospital Acquired Infection

Microorganisms that live on another living organism.

• Communicable Disease

• Normal Flora

• Asepsis

• Infection

A disease that is transmissible by any contact with an affected individual.

• Infectious Disease

• Disinfectant

• Communicable Disease

• Antiseptic

An absence of microorganisms

• Antiseptic

• Pathogen

• Infection

• Asepsis