Health Science 2 2.02

Mr. Barker was admitted to the hospital with an increased white blood cell count and extreme pain in his right lower quadrant. If he begins to have a fever, his condition would be considered which kind of infection?

• Endogenous

• Exogenous

• Local

• Systemic

Exogenous is

• inside the body

• outside the body

An infection that begins in a healthcare facility is a

• endogenous
• nosocomial
• exogenous
• opportunistic

anaerobic

• with oxygen

• antibodies

• disease

• without oxygen

The portal of entry is ______________________

• the way pathogens leave the body
• the place where pathogens grow and multiply
• the way pathogens enter the body
• the person who receives the infection 

The prefix that means against is _________

• a- 
• endo-
• ab-
• anti-

Which of these is not one of the six components that makes up the chain of infection?

• portal of entry 
• causative agent
• mode of transmission
• rite of passage

Engineering controls and safe practices for protection against communicable diseases is the responsibility of 

• the patient
• the employer
• the employee 
• all of the above 

" The organisms that can cause disease' is called _______

• bacteria

• pathogen

• probiotic

• biosome

Measles, chicken pox, influenza is an examples of infectious diseases, yes or no.

• Yes

• No