Airborne & Respiratory Risks
What common practice should you use when coughing or sneezing to prevent spraying respiratory droplets into shared air?
Coughing/sneezing into an elbow, tissue, or mask.
When should you always wash your hands with soap and water?
Before eating or cooking.
What bug breeds in buckets of still, standing water near houses?
Mosquitoes.
Why is sharing needles or syringes dangerous?
It can spread serious blood diseases like HIV or Hepatitis.
What are dirty objects like doorknobs and handrails called when they carry germs?
Fomites (or germy surfaces).
Why is it easy to get sick in a small, crowded room with no open windows?
Germs stay trapped in the air instead of blowing away.
Why is it bad to cut raw chicken and then cut apples on the same board without washing it?
Germs from the raw chicken get onto the fruit.
What bug attaches to your skin in tall grass and can give you Lyme disease?
a tick
What main barrier on your body keeps blood germs from getting inside you?
Your skin.
What habit lets germs on your hands get inside your body?
Touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
Name one common illness that spreads through the air when people cough.
The flu (or a cold, COVID-19, measles).
What can happen if you eat undercooked meat?
You can get food poisoning
What spray can you put on your skin to keep bugs from biting you?
Bug spray
Why should tattoo needles always be clean and brand new?
Used needles can carry blood germs from other people.
Why should you avoid sharing personal items like razors or toothbrushes?
They can carry tiny drops of blood or skin germs.
True or False: Germs can float in the air even after a sick person leaves the room.
True.
Why is it unsafe to drink water directly out of a lake or river?
It can have tiny germs and parasites that make your stomach sick.
Name one disease that mosquito bites can spread.
Malaria (or Zika, Dengue fever, West Nile).
What organ in your body gets damaged by Hepatitis germs?
The liver.
How can you catch athlete's foot in a public shower?
By walking barefoot on damp floors where fungi live.
What can you wear on your face to block sick germs in the air?
a mask
How long should you wash your hands to get rid of germs?
20 seconds
Why should you wear light-colored clothes when walking in the woods?
It makes it easy to see dark ticks on your clothes.
What item do doctors put on their hands to touch blood safely?
Gloves.
What skin infection can spread in locker rooms by sharing dirty towels or sports gear?
MRSA (a staph infection) or ringworm.