What are communicable diseases? correct answers those diseases spread human to human by direct or indirect contact with an infectious agent.
What is an endemic disease? correct answers a disease that is constantly pre
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What are communicable diseases? correct answers those diseases spread human to human by direct or indirect contact with an infectious agent.
What is an endemic disease? correct answers a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
What is an epidemic? correct answers a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
What is an outbreak? correct answers the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome, such as war, disease, etc.
What is pandemic? correct answers (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
What are factors influencing risk of infection? correct answers Cardiopulmonary disease, compromised immune system, surgery, diabetes, and burns
What are types of pathogens? correct answers bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, prions, helminthes, and ectoparasites
Where do organisms survive? correct answers humans, animals, water, and soil
How do organisms spread? correct answers direct contact, ingestion, fomites (nonliving material), airborne droplets, and arthropod vectors
How do organisms leave a body? correct answers respiratory secretions, feces, blood, open sores, and conjunctiva (eye)
How does an organism enter a new host? correct answers mucous membrane, GI tract, respiratory tract, and broken skin
Who are the populations at risk for the chain of infection? correct answers children, elderly, and cancer population
What is the #1 contaminant in the chain of infection? correct answers water
What is the primary goal of chain of infection? correct answers control the spread
How do you control the spread of infection? correct answers *involves controlling environmental elements & personal behaviors
*Aim at weak links in Chain of Infection
*Eliminate Agent/Source/Reservoir
*Interrupt Transmission/Exposure
*Instruct Hosts to avoid risk areas
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