Infectious/Communicable Diseases

What is the primary purpose of universal precautions?

• to protect healthcare workers and others members of the community from exposure to pathogens
• to treat patients known to be infected.
• to minimize the spread of all germs, including those in the air.
• to ensure patients have a positive experience in a healthcare setting.

A communicable illness process requires 3 main components to be present. Which of the following is NOT one of these fundamental components?

• Vaccine
• Pathogen
• Host
• Environment

The way an infectious disease or communicable illness is spread

• emission
• transmission
• translation
• contraction

_____________________ is the process of becoming immune or protected from a disease, which is the result of a vaccination or natural exposure.

• Vaccination
• Vaccine
• Immunization
• Disease transmission

Which of the following is a communicable disease?

• Hypertension
• Cancer
• Asthma
• Chickenpox

Georgia law allows for two types of exemptions from the immunization requirements: medical and religious

• True
• False

What is the primary purpose of vaccination policies?

• To promote individual health choices without government oversight.
• To increase profits for pharmaceutical companies.
• To mandate specific lifestyle choices for citizens.
• To protect the public from infectious diseases through widespread immunity.

Stroke and heart disease are two examples of what type of diseases?

• Infectious Diseases
• Non-Communicable Illnesses
• Communicable Illnesses
• Childhood Illness

A low-grade fever is a temperature between 99.5 degrees and 100.4 degrees.

• True
• False

To Sanitize is to ____________ the amount of bacteria and other harmful substances on a cleaned surface. To Disinfect is to ___________ and inhibit the growth of bacteria and other harmful substances on a cleaned surface.

• spread, kill
• clean, spread
• reduce, kill
• increase, kill