How many components are in the chain of infection - answer six
what is the first component of the chain of infection - answer The infectious agent /
source (virus, bacteria, fungi)
what is the second component of the chain of infection - answer The reservoir (location
of infectious agent)
What are some examples of reservoir for infectious agents - answerpeople, equipment,
supplies, food, water, animals or insects
How can the DA reduce cross-contamination in the reservoir - answerwash hands,
clean/ disinfect/ sterilize equipment and environment
what is the third component of the chain of infection - answerThe escape from the
reservoir
what is the fourth component of the chain of infection - answerTransmission
what are the types of transmission - answerdirect, indirect, droplet, airborne,
bloodborne, ingestion, parenteral and fecal oral
what is the difference between droplet infection and airborne infection - answerAirborne
infections are small particles that stay in the air for hours, where as droplet is large
particles that splatter
what is parenteral transmission - answerSame as blood/body fluid route
usually when stabbed/cut by a sharp
what is the fifth component of the chain of infection - answerentry of the infectious agent
what is the sixth component of the chain of infection - answera susceptible host
What are the types of disease transmission - answerpatient to dental team
Dental team to patient
Dental office to community
community to patient
, What are the types of infections - answerendogenous, exogenous, nosocomial,
opportunistic
Endogenous infections - answerCaused by microbes that are already in the body
without causing hard
what is an example of an Endogenous infection - answerDental caries and periodontal
disease
exogenous infection - answercaused by microbes that are not normally present in or on
the body
what is an example of an exogenous infection - answerhep B
Aids
Chicken pox
cold
What is a nosocomial infection? - answerhospital acquired infection
What is an example of a nosocomial infection? - answerGetting MRSA while staying at
a rehab center
What Hepatitis is also known as Infectious Hepatitis? (1) - answerHep A (1)
How is Hepatitis A transmitted? - answerfecal-oral route
How is Hepatitis B transmitted? - answerContact with infected blood or bodily fluids
Which hepatitis has the highest occupational risk - answerHep B
what are the intervals that HBV vaccine is given to a baby? - answerat birth, 1 month
and 6 months
what are the intervals that HBV vaccine is given to adults? - answerinitial, 4 weeks from
the initial, and 5 months after second dose
What is the HBV antigen - answerHBsAg
What does HBV cause - answercirrhosis
how is Hep C spread - answerblood
what is the type of hepatitis that most Americans have? - answerHep C
What type of hepatitis is known as Delta Virus - answerHep D
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