Principles Of Health Science: Infection unit (Asepsis)

What will NOT protect you from catching a disease.

• Gloves

• Proper Handwashing Technique

• Eating food off the floor

• Being cautious around the infected

Which is NOT a type of isolation

• Strict

• Contact

• Reverse

• Cautious

What Is an Infection Incubation Period?

• how long it takes for a disease to kill you

• the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms

• how many times you will sneeze with a certain disease

• how long it takes for an egg to hatch

What is a Pathogen?

• An organism that causes disease

• something that will make your tummy hurt

• A plant that hurts when you touch it

• something that can make you healthy

Identify the part(s) of the chain of infection that has been eliminated by the following actions: early recognition of signs of infection

• infectious agent

• portal of entry

• source of reservoir

• Portal Of Exit

An infectious disease that is transmitted by direct contact with an infected person, his secretions, or indirectly, by touching objects contaminated by the infected person.

• communicable disease

• contagious disease

• non-communicable disease

• Touching Disease

Sterilization is the process of destroying all pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms.

• True

• False

Identify the part(s) of the chain of infection that has been eliminated by the following actions: recognition of high-risk patients

• source or reservoir

• susceptible host

• mode of tranmission

• portal of entry

Identify the part(s) of the chain of infection that has been eliminated by the following actions: proper food handling and washing

• infectious agent

• source or reservoir

• mode of transmission

• portal of entry

Identify the part(s) of the chain of infection that has been eliminated by the following actions: handwashing

• susceptible of host

• mode of transmission

• portal of entry

• susceptible host