Infection Control Quiz

Which link of the chain of infection are you breaking when you put on gloves before bandaging a wound of a patient.

• Infectious Agent

• Mode of Transmission

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

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

• Portal of Entry

• Mode of Transmission

• Reservoir

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

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

• Portal of Entry

• Mode of Transmission

• Reservoir

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

Your patient is put on an antibiotic to treat their Strep Throat. Which link is being broken?

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Mode of Transmission

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

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Portal of Entry

You protect the heels and elbows of an elderly patient to prevent the breakdown of skin. Which chain in the link is broken?

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Infectious Agent

• Mode of Transmission

• Portal of Entry

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

• Portal of Entry

• Reservoir

• Mode of Transmission

• Infectious Agent

• Portal of Exit

A patient with a staph infection is bandaged. Which chain in the link is broken?

• Reservoir

• Portal of Entry

• Portal of Exit

• Infectious Agent

• Mode of Transmission

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

• Portal of Exit

• Infectious Agent

• Reservoir

• Mode of Transmission

• Susceptible Host

way for causative agent to escape the reservoir

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