Topic 1: Principles of Hygiene and Infection Control

Choose all the factors that affect microbial growth:

• A suitable temperature

• Abundance of essential nutrients

• Proper pH (degree of alkalinity and acidity of a substance

• Moisture

• Oxygen availability for some bacteria

Choose all the microorganisms categories that could cause communicable diseases:

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protozoa

• Rickettsia

• Viruses

Choose all the factors that must be present for an infection

to occur:

• Infectious agent

• Reservoir

• Portal of exit

• Mode of transmission

• Portal of entry & Susceptible host

The term ___________ is used to describe infections that are able to spread

• Communicable Infection

• Non-Communicable Infection

• Nonsocomial Infection

Being free from any disease-causing microorganisms is called:

• Asepsis

• Hygiene

• Disinfection

• Infection

An infections known as healthcare-associated infections (HSIs), it might happen when a patient who is in a healthcare facility gets an infection that is unrelated to his illness.

• Non-Communicable Infections

• Nosocomial Infection

• Communicable Infections

• Medical Asepsis