CH4.2 Infection Control Summative

Infection control is best defined as the _____________.

• preventing the spread of microorganisms

• encouraging the spread of microorganisms

• preventing the spread of organisms

• encouraging the spread of organisms

Match the following

• aerobic

• a microorganism that does not cause illness

• pathogen

• a microorganism that causes disease

• morphology

• requires oxygen to live

• nonpathogenic

• study of form and function

• anaerobic

• requires little to no oxygen to live

Match the following

• bacillus

• helical form

• fusobacterium

• rod-shaped

• coccus

• enlarged rod

• borrelia burggsorferi

• spherical-shaped

• helicobacter pylori

• cork-screw's form

What is the name of the bacteria that caused the 14th century Black Plague?

• staphylococcus aureus

• Yersinia pestis

• spirochete

• steptobacillus

Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.

• True

• False

Break the chain: Your patient is put on an

antibiotic to treat their

Strep Throat.

​ (a)  

• infectious agent
• susceptible host
• reservoir
• mode of transmission
• portal of entry
• portal of exit

Break the chain: You eat a healthy diet,

exercise and get plenty

of sleep to be as healthy

as possible.

​ (a)  

• susceptible host
• infectious agent
• reservoir
• mode of transmission
• portal of entry
• portal of exit

Break the chain: A patient with a staph

infection is bandaged.

​ (a)  

• portal of exit
• infectious agent
• reservoir
• mode of transmission
• susceptible host
• portal of entry

Break the chain: You promote a project to

get rid of unnecessary

standing water to reduce

mosquito population

​ (a)  

• reservoir
• infectious agent
• portal of exit
• mode of transmission
• susceptible host
• portal of entry

Break the chain: You protect the heels

and elbows of an elderly

patient to prevent the

breakdown of skin.

​ (a)  

• portal of entry
• infectious agent
• reservoir
• portal of exit
• mode of transmission
• susceptible host