Infection Control/Patient positioning

Free living microorganism that CAN be treated with antibiotics.

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• protozoa

Factors that weakens a body’s defense against infectious diseases. 

• smoking

• High fat diet

• alcohol

• all of the above

Chain of infection includes

• infection, health worker, portal of exit, portal of entry, mode of carrier

• causative agent, infection, portal of entry,

  portal of exit, mode of transmission

• causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host

• infection, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, carrier

PPE stands for...

• private protection equipment

• personal protective equipment

• private property equipment

• personal private equipment

A way that the causative agent can be transmitted to a host.

• portal of entry

• mode of transmission

• portal of exit

• susceptible host

Pathogen that is treated with antiviral drugs or prevented with vaccines.

• protozoa

• bacteria

• viruses

• fungi

An individual who can easily contract the disease, for example, the elderly or children

• carrier

• causative agent

• susceptible host

• all of the above

Which type of transmission involves animal "carriers"?

• Zoonotic

• Vector-borne

• Direct

• Environmental Reservoirs

Another name for an infectious agent is a(n):

• Pathogen

• Vector

• Mutagen

• Bug

Your respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, mucous membranes, and lesions/cuts/abrasions (skin) can all be considered:

• Reservoirs

• Portals of entry/ exit

• Fomites

• None of the above