CLINICAL PHLEBOTOMY CH3 SMARTBOOK Questions with verified correct answers - complete

CLINICAL PHLEBOTOMY CH3
SMARTBOOK
The links in the chain of infection include - ✅✅-- a susceptible host
- a reservoir
- an infectious agent


✅✅
In order to break the links in the chain of infection, a susceptible host
_____ - -should follow isolation precautions when required

Which mode of transmission occurs when a living host, such as an

✅✅
animal or insect, comes in contact with a contaminated item and carriers
and transmits disease to a susceptible host? - -vector borne

Legionnaires' disease, varicella (chickenpox or shingles), and

✅✅
tuberculosis (TB) are examples of infections spread by which type of
transmission? - -airborne


✅✅
Which type of transmission occurs when a fomite comes in contact with
contaminated items, such as food, linen, or equipment? - -vehicle
borne


✅✅
Which of the following are factors which must be present for an infection
to occur? - -- mode of transmission
- infectious agent
- susceptible host

what is the best description of vector-borne transmission? - ✅✅-Lyme
disease contracted through a bite from a tick


✅✅
In the chain of infection, how the pathogen travels is known as the _____
- -mode of transmission

droplet transmission - ✅✅ -Droplets are propelled short distances and
enter the susceptible host through the nasal mucosa, the mouth, or the
conjunctiva of the eye