HealthScience2 Infection Control

What does pathogenic mean?

• Pathological

• Capable of causing disease

What is a Pathogen?

• Microscopic organism that can cause disease

• Pathological Organism

What is the term used for an object or materials that are contaminated with pathogenic organisms that can transmit disease?

• Contaminated

• Organism transmitters

• Fomite

• Follicle

A mosquito can be a carrier of disease which is a...

• Villian

• Vector

Microorganisms only cause disease

• True

• False

There is good and bad bacteria

• True

• False

Virus' replicate in..

• Air

• Water that has been sitting

• Living cells of an organism

• Dirt

Viruses are the smallest of the microbes!

• True

• False

When washing your hands, you should use soap, warm water, and friction, and keep your fingertips:

• Pointed up.
• Pointed down.
• Held tightly together.
• Dry.

What is used to cure someone with a bacterial infection such as strep throat?

• Radiation
• Aspirin
• Antibiotics
• Ibuprophen