Infection Control Vocabulary Quiz

factors that lead to the transmission or spread of disease

• causative agent

• chain of infection

• hospital acquired infection

• reservoir

simple, one celled microorganisms, some of which are beneficial and some of which cause disease

• virus

• bacteria

• helminth

• protozoa

pathogen (such as a bacterium or virus) that can cause disease

• mode of transmission

• portal of entry

• portal of exit

• causative agent

simple, plantlike organisms that live on dead organic matter

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoa

• rickettsia

a way that the causative agent can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live

• mode of transmission

• causative agent

• susceptible host

• portal of exit

microorganisms that are part of the normal flora of the body and are beneficial in maintaining certain body processes

• pathogen

• virus

• non-pathogen

• helminth

a way for the causative agent to enter a new reservoir or host

• portal of exit

• susceptible host

• bacteria

• portal of entry

parasitic organisms (they cannot live outside the cells of other living organisms)

• rickettsia

• bacteria

• virus

• protozoa

an area where the causative agent can live

• portal of entry

• reservoir

• portal of exit

• mode of transmission

a person likely to get an infection or disease

• susceptible host

• mode of transmission

• causative agent

• reservoir