Infection Control

You put on gloves before bandaging a wound of a patient. Which link is being broken?

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Infectious Agent

Ms. Medders has an older patient that cannot get out of bed. She knows that when patients lay in the bed, sometimes they get pressure ulcers, or open wounds over the bony areas on their body. To make sure her patient’s skin doesn’t become open, she places padded dressings to cover these bony areas. Which link is being broken?

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Infectious Agent

Ms. Medders occasionally works at the hospital on the weekends. This past weekend, Ms. Medders had a patient with Covid 19. In order to keep herself safe, she wore a mask, safety glasses, gown, and gloves in the patient's room while caring for him. Which link is being broken?

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Infectious Agent

You place a mask over a patient's nose and mouth in the ER because they have tuberculosis. Which link is being broken?

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

• Susceptible Host

• Mode of Transmission

Jennie has had a very contagious stomach virus. Her doctor educated her that the virus could spread through body fluids, including vomit or diarrhea. However, Jennie’s doctor prescribed her medications to stop her from vomiting and having diarrhea. Which link is being broken?

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

• Susceptible Host

• Mode of Transmission

You promote a project to get rid of unnecessary standing water to reduce mosquito population. Which link is being broken?

• Reservoir

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

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John has been noticing some roaches crawling around his kitchen. He knows that roaches can carry bacteria that is harmful to humans so he calls an exterminator to come in and spray his home. Which link is being broken?

• Reservoir

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

A patient with a staph infection is bandaged. Which link is being broken?

• Portal of Entry

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

• Susceptible Host

You eat a healthy diet, exercise and get plenty of sleep to be as healthy as possible. Which link is being broken?

• Susceptible Host

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Mode of Transmission

Elizabeth is an older lady with several health problems. She knows that she gets sick easily when she is in large groups of people. Elizabeth decided to have her groceries delivered to her instead of going into a busy grocery store to buy them on her own. Which link is being broken?

• Susceptible Host

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Mode of Transmission