Facts
Washing your hands often.
How the germ or virus leaves the reservoir
portal of exit
A type of virus that causes disease
Pathogen
Washing your hands regularly prevents the spread of disease and germs.
Yes, you should wash your hands after touching things.
Stay home while sick
Yes you want to protect the people around you as well as you would infect the things you touch while your out and about.
sneezing and coughing can travel about _ _ _ _ feet through the air
3 or more feet
The area where the virus lives before it transfers to someone
Reservoir
Gear like gloves, masks, and gowns worn to protect workers
PPE
Antibiotics prevent all germs
No, while they prevent some not one antibiotic prevents all germs.
Hand sanitizer works as well as soap and water at any time
No while hand sanitizer can be used to prevent small germs it only kills 99% of the germ making the germ not fully dead.
Which is one of the only REQUIRED vaccinations in a dental office.
Hepatitis B vaccine
How the germ travels from the reservoir to the person
Mode of transmission
A process that kills all living organisms
Sterilization
You catch most germs from public restrooms
No, you are more likely to get more germs by door handles.
Cold weather gives you a cold or flu
No, low temperatures do not cause illnesses it is caused by viruses.
What is the order of PPE
Mask, Goggles, Gloves
How the germ or virus enters the host through nose, mouth, eyes, etc.
Portal of entry
A sudden, rapid increase in the number of cases of a disease within a specific geographic area or population.
Epidemic
eat a healthy diet
Yes good nutrition can prevent germs.
Healthy people do not need vaccines
No, they still need vaccines to protect themselves and the people around them.
How do you treat a patient with a known infection?
With standard precautions
The pathogen that causes the illness.
extra name 4 types of pathogens for 400 points
Infectious Agents
bacterium, virus, fungus, and parasite
Restriction of movement for an individual who was exposed to a contagious disease but is not yet sick, to see if they develop symptoms.
Quarantine
stay hydrated
Yes you want to stay hydrated to support you immune system
Don't share water bottles or lip balm
Yes sharing items with your saliva can make others sick.