NUR 170 Intro to Nursing Infection
Prevention and Control Questions
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, Pathogen - Answer: Infectious agent
Colonization - Answer: Organism that multiplies but does not cause an infection
Infectious disease - Answer: Illnesses such as viral meningitis or pneumonia
Communicable disease - Answer: An infectious disease that is transmitted directly from one person to
another
Symptomatic - Answer: Clinical signs and symptoms of an illness
Asymptomatic - Answer: An illness with no clinical signs or symptoms
Dose - Answer: Sufficient number of organisms
Virulence - Answer: ability to survive in the host or outside the body
Host resistance - Answer: Susceptibility of the host
Immunocompromised - Answer: Having an impaired immune system
Reservoir - Answer: A place where a pathogen survives
Carriers - Answer: Persons who show no symptoms of illness but who have the pathogens that are
transferred to others
Aerobic bacteria - Answer: Bacteria that require oxygen for survival
Anaerobic bacteria - Answer: Bacteria that thrive with little or no free oxygen
Bacteriostasis - Answer: Prevention of the growth and reproduction of bacteria by cold temperatures
Bactericidal - Answer: A temperature or chemical that destroys bacteria
Development of an infection occurs in a cycle that depends on what six elements - Answer: 1. an
infectious agent or pathogen
2. a reservoir or source
3. a portal of exit from the reservoir
4. a mode of transmission
5. a portal of entry to a host
6. a susceptible host
What are the Six modes of transmission - Answer: 1. Direct
2. Indirect
3. Droplet
Prevention and Control Questions
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, Pathogen - Answer: Infectious agent
Colonization - Answer: Organism that multiplies but does not cause an infection
Infectious disease - Answer: Illnesses such as viral meningitis or pneumonia
Communicable disease - Answer: An infectious disease that is transmitted directly from one person to
another
Symptomatic - Answer: Clinical signs and symptoms of an illness
Asymptomatic - Answer: An illness with no clinical signs or symptoms
Dose - Answer: Sufficient number of organisms
Virulence - Answer: ability to survive in the host or outside the body
Host resistance - Answer: Susceptibility of the host
Immunocompromised - Answer: Having an impaired immune system
Reservoir - Answer: A place where a pathogen survives
Carriers - Answer: Persons who show no symptoms of illness but who have the pathogens that are
transferred to others
Aerobic bacteria - Answer: Bacteria that require oxygen for survival
Anaerobic bacteria - Answer: Bacteria that thrive with little or no free oxygen
Bacteriostasis - Answer: Prevention of the growth and reproduction of bacteria by cold temperatures
Bactericidal - Answer: A temperature or chemical that destroys bacteria
Development of an infection occurs in a cycle that depends on what six elements - Answer: 1. an
infectious agent or pathogen
2. a reservoir or source
3. a portal of exit from the reservoir
4. a mode of transmission
5. a portal of entry to a host
6. a susceptible host
What are the Six modes of transmission - Answer: 1. Direct
2. Indirect
3. Droplet
