IGGY CH 23 CARE OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

IGGY CH 23 CARE OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. Which term describes a patient who has pathogenic microbes within the body but remains asymptomatic? a. Communicable b. Virulence c. Colonization d. Susceptibility - ANS-c 2. Which term best describes an organism's ability to cause disease? a. Pathogenicity b. Colonization c. Virulence d. Communicable - ANS-a 3. Transmissions of infection require a reservoir. Which is an example of an animate reservoir? a. People b. Water c. Soil d. Intravenous (IV) solution - ANS-a 4. Which factors are essential for transmission of organisms to occur? (Select all that apply.) a. Normal flora b. Reservoir source c. Susceptible host d. Bacterial organism e. Transmission mode - ANS-b,c,e 5. Which type of pathogen is a substance produced in cell walls of certain bacteria and released by cell lysis? Continues...