Infection Prevention and Control: Nursing
Strategies and Principles UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is infection? Infection results when a pathogen invades tissues
and begins growing within a host.
What is colonization in the context of Colonization is the presence and growth of
infection? microorganisms within a host without tissue
invasion or damage.
Define communicable disease. A communicable disease is an infectious process
transmitted from one person to another.
What distinguishes symptomatic from Symptomatic infections have clinical signs and
asymptomatic infections? symptoms present, while asymptomatic infections
do not.
What are the components of the The chain of infection includes the infectious agent,
chain of infection? reservoir, portal of exit, modes of transmission,
portal of entry, and susceptible host.
What factors can serve as a reservoir Reservoirs can include food, oxygen, water,
for infection? temperature, pH, and light.
Strategies and Principles UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is infection? Infection results when a pathogen invades tissues
and begins growing within a host.
What is colonization in the context of Colonization is the presence and growth of
infection? microorganisms within a host without tissue
invasion or damage.
Define communicable disease. A communicable disease is an infectious process
transmitted from one person to another.
What distinguishes symptomatic from Symptomatic infections have clinical signs and
asymptomatic infections? symptoms present, while asymptomatic infections
do not.
What are the components of the The chain of infection includes the infectious agent,
chain of infection? reservoir, portal of exit, modes of transmission,
portal of entry, and susceptible host.
What factors can serve as a reservoir Reservoirs can include food, oxygen, water,
for infection? temperature, pH, and light.
