If a person contracts a pathogen that is transmitted through air, soil, food, or feces is called:

• Direct contact

• Indirect contact

• Causative agent contact

• Transmission contact

A __________ infection is an infection originating in a healthcare setting.

• Opportunistic

• Bloodborne

• Nosocomial

• Companion

A person who gets a disease because of weak defenses is called a ___________ ____ in the Chain of Infection.

• Portal of Entry

• Portal of Exit

• Weak Immune Person

• Susceptible Host

To grow and reproduce, microorganisms need all of the following except:

• Warm environment

• Light

• Moisture

• Source of Food

A person is hospitalized because of a heart attack. They take a turn for the worse when they develop pneumonia while being cared for in the ICU. What type of infection is pneumonia?

• Endogenous

• Opportunistic

• Exogenous

• Nosocomial

Put the Chain of Infection in order (only use the numbers and no spaces):

1. Mode of Transmission

2. Portal of Exit

3. Susceptible Host

4. Causative Agent

5. Reservoir

6. Portal of Entry

PPE includes all of the following except:

• Gloves

• Goggles

• Masks

• Handwashing

Visibly soaked and bloody linens after a trauma patient need to be disposed in:

• Regular trash can

• Biohazard trash

• Sharps container

• Laundry hamper

Bed linens after a patient leaves the hospital needs to be disposed in the:

• Regular trash can

• Biohazard trash

• Sharps container

• Laundry hamper

Gloves used to walk someone to the restroom need to be disposed in the:

• Regular trash can

• Biohazard trash

• Sharps container

• Laundry hamper