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What is a way that a pathogen must escape from where it has been growing?
What is Portal of exit
How a pathogen can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live?
What is Mode of transmission
What type of infection originates in the community?
What is community acquired/CA
What is a good organism?
What is normal flora
Organism that can cause infections such as ringworm or candidiasis
What is a fungus
What is a disease causing microorganism?
What is a pathogen
What is a way for a pathogen to enter a new host?
What is Portal of entry
What type of infection is acquired within a health care facility?
What is nosocomial
Describe the perfect environmental factors for pathogens
What is moist, dark, and warm
What is a type of bacterial infection?
What is Strep throat
Where can a pathogen proliferate?
What is a reservoir
What is a person likely to get an infection or disease?
What is Susceptible host
What type of infection occurs when the body’s defenses are weak?
What is opportunistic infection
What is all around us but we cannot see them?
What is microorganisms
What is a type of virus?
what is Chicken pox
What is an object contaminated with infectious material?
What is a fomite
What is the absence of disease producing microorganisms or pathogens?
What is asepsis
What type of organism does not require oxygen to survive?
What is anaerobic bacteria
What organism lives on living matter or tissue?
What is parasites
What is a type of fungi?
What is Athlete’s foot
Steps in the chain of infection
What is the route that a pathogen takes causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host?
What is the process that destroys all microorganisms, both pathogenic and nonpathogenic, including spores, and viruses?
What is sterilization
What type of organism requires oxygen to survive?
What is aerobic bacteria
Name the most effective method of cleaning
What is Sterilization
What is a pathogen?
What is a disease causing microorganism