HCB 102 test 2 Solution Manual Fully Solved Latest Update 2025 Graded A+
Infection control involves... - Answers Taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious agents
Antibacterial - Answers Directed or effective against bacteria
Antiseptic - Answers Preventing the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - Answers Condition of being aseptic
Aseptic technique refers to - Answers The prevention of contamination
Bacteria - Answers Any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single-called
microorganism that may lack cell walls or are gram-positive or gram-negative.
Blood-born Pathogen - Answers A specific causative agent of disease located in the blood
Contagious Disease (Communicable Disease) - Answers An infectious disease communicable by contact
with one who has it
Contaminated - Answers To infect by contact or association
Direct Contact - Answers Union or junction of body surfaces
Disinfectant - Answers To free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms
Disinfection - Answers The process of destroying pathogens
Fungi - Answers Any of the kingdom Fungi of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic
typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants and lack chlorophyll
Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) - Answers Acquired in a hospital
Infection - Answers An infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
Isolation - Answers A separation from others to prevent or limit the direct or indirect transmission of the
infectious agent
Microorganism - Answers Any organism of microscopic size
Pathogen - Answers Disease-producing microorganism
Standard Precautions - Answers Prevention practices that apply to all patients
What is the chain of infection? - Answers 1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of entry
, 4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of exit
6. Susceptible host
What is an Infectious agent (pathogen)? - Answers Disease causing microorganism
What are the common types of infectious agents? - Answers Bacteria, viruses, Protozoa, fungi, and
helminthes
Bacteria - Answers Single cell microorganisms
Protozoa - Answers Unicellular microorganisms that can infect the blood, brain, intestines, and other
body areas
Fungi - Answers Tiny, primitive organisms that contain no chlorophyll
Helminthes - Answers Parasitic worms
What is a reservoir? - Answers A place where the pathogen grows
What is the portal of exit? - Answers An exit route for pathogens to leave its host
What is the mode of transmission? - Answers When the infectious agent moves from one source to
another
What is the portal of entry? - Answers Place where a pathogen enters the body
What is a susceptible host? - Answers Someone who becomes ill after pathogens enter the body
because they cannot fight it off
What is the most frequent source of HAIs (Hospital Acquired Infection)? - Answers Contact
What are the different types of contact? - Answers - Direct contact: person to person or physical contact
b/w source and host
- Indirect contact: contact with contaminated instigate object
Vector transmission occurs through... - Answers A bite
Droplet infection occurs when... - Answers Droplets from an infected person are projected short
distance to the host's nasal mucosa, mouth, or conjunctiva
Airborne transmission occurs when... - Answers Infectious particles disperse in the air and enter the host
by inhalation
What is the most effective barrier to infection? - Answers Intact skin
Infection control involves... - Answers Taking steps to prevent the spread of infectious agents
Antibacterial - Answers Directed or effective against bacteria
Antiseptic - Answers Preventing the growth of microorganisms
Asepsis - Answers Condition of being aseptic
Aseptic technique refers to - Answers The prevention of contamination
Bacteria - Answers Any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single-called
microorganism that may lack cell walls or are gram-positive or gram-negative.
Blood-born Pathogen - Answers A specific causative agent of disease located in the blood
Contagious Disease (Communicable Disease) - Answers An infectious disease communicable by contact
with one who has it
Contaminated - Answers To infect by contact or association
Direct Contact - Answers Union or junction of body surfaces
Disinfectant - Answers To free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms
Disinfection - Answers The process of destroying pathogens
Fungi - Answers Any of the kingdom Fungi of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic
typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants and lack chlorophyll
Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) - Answers Acquired in a hospital
Infection - Answers An infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent
Isolation - Answers A separation from others to prevent or limit the direct or indirect transmission of the
infectious agent
Microorganism - Answers Any organism of microscopic size
Pathogen - Answers Disease-producing microorganism
Standard Precautions - Answers Prevention practices that apply to all patients
What is the chain of infection? - Answers 1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of entry
, 4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of exit
6. Susceptible host
What is an Infectious agent (pathogen)? - Answers Disease causing microorganism
What are the common types of infectious agents? - Answers Bacteria, viruses, Protozoa, fungi, and
helminthes
Bacteria - Answers Single cell microorganisms
Protozoa - Answers Unicellular microorganisms that can infect the blood, brain, intestines, and other
body areas
Fungi - Answers Tiny, primitive organisms that contain no chlorophyll
Helminthes - Answers Parasitic worms
What is a reservoir? - Answers A place where the pathogen grows
What is the portal of exit? - Answers An exit route for pathogens to leave its host
What is the mode of transmission? - Answers When the infectious agent moves from one source to
another
What is the portal of entry? - Answers Place where a pathogen enters the body
What is a susceptible host? - Answers Someone who becomes ill after pathogens enter the body
because they cannot fight it off
What is the most frequent source of HAIs (Hospital Acquired Infection)? - Answers Contact
What are the different types of contact? - Answers - Direct contact: person to person or physical contact
b/w source and host
- Indirect contact: contact with contaminated instigate object
Vector transmission occurs through... - Answers A bite
Droplet infection occurs when... - Answers Droplets from an infected person are projected short
distance to the host's nasal mucosa, mouth, or conjunctiva
Airborne transmission occurs when... - Answers Infectious particles disperse in the air and enter the host
by inhalation
What is the most effective barrier to infection? - Answers Intact skin
