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Reducing spread of InfectionWhat would not break the chain of infection? - answer Throwing needles in the garbage
Ignaz Semmelweis - answer hand washing
Louis Pasteur - answer Pasteurization and vaccination
Edward Jenner - answer Smallpox vaccine
Robert Koch - answer German doctor who identified the bacterium that caused
tuberculosis
Joesph Lister - answer antiseptic surgery
Epidemiology - answer study of causes and effects of health and disease in a
population
Which one is considered antibacterial resistant? – answer MRSA (METHICILLIN-
RESISTANT STAPHYLOCCUS AUREOUS)
what is pathogen? - answer microorganisms capable of causing disease
infectious Agents (1) - answer bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and rickettsiae
Bacteria - answer-single-celled, microscopic organisms, identified by shapes(matching)
-example: Bordetella pertussis(whooping cough), Hep A
-Ingesting contaminated food and water
Viruses - answer-smallest living microorganisms that can be viewed by electron
microscope, can reproduce
-requires living cell for reproduction (matching)
-example: herpes, flu, common cold
Fungi - answer-simple parasitic plant, multicellular fungi, reproduce by budding
-causes athletes foot and ring worm (matching)
example: athletes foot
Parasite - answer-complex single/multi-celled microorganism that attach themselves to
other organisms
-Protozoa and moto zoa (matching)
-example: MALARIA, LICE
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