Infection Control

What is the most important method of preventing the spread of infection?

Name the 6 steps (In Order) of the chain of infection.

True or False. The digestive tract and respiratory tracts are the only portals of entry for infectious agents.

• True

• False

Select all that apply. These are modes of transmission that are considered direct contact.

• Person to person

• Clothing

• Contact with a body secretion

• Contaminated hands

• Insects

True or False. Fomites are where infectious agents live.

• True

• False

True or False. A pathogen is a germ that can cause infection.

• True

• False

True or False. Non-pathogens live in your body and may be beneficial.

• True

• False

Select all that apply. Microorganisms need these to grow.

• Warmth

• Cold

• Darkness

• Light

• Moisture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This pathogen originates inside the body:

• Endogenous

• Exogenous

• Nonsocomial

• Opportunistic

This pathogen originates outside the body:

• Nonsocomial

• Opportunistic

• Exogenous

• Endogenous