Chain of Infection Test

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

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

• carrier

• causative agent

• susceptible host

• all of the above

Area where the causative agent can live 

• mode of transmission
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• portal of entry

Way that causative agent transmits to another host

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• mode of transmission

pathogen transmitted through air, soil, food or feces

• direct contact
• indirect contact
• opportunistic infection
• nosocomial infection

way for causative agent to escape the reservoir

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• causative agent

way for the causative agent to enter a new reservoir

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• direct
• indirect

person to person contact

• direct
• indirect
• mode of transmission
• reservoir

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