HC Agencies
This HC Agency investigates global health trends and reports statistics.
What is World Health Organization (WHO)?
A contagious respiratory illness caused by a virus
What is Influenza?
This terms means an invasion of the body by microorganisms or pathogens
What is infection?
True or False: Direct Contact includes mother to baby, person to person, and animal to person.
What is true?
What are antibiotics?
This HC Agency provides medical research.
What is the NIH (National Institute of Health)?
If you have this disease, you should not share combs, hairbrushes, hats, towels, bedding, clothing, headphones, stuffed toys, etc.
What is Pediculosis Capitis (Head Lice)?
A _____ infection is specific to only a portion of the body.
A ____ infection affects the entire body.
What is Local and Systemic?
Fomites are a mode of transmission for ____ ______
Indirect Contact
Who is the county health department?
This HC Agency prevents and controls diseases.
What is the CDC?
With this disease, you should use shower shoes in public showers and wash your feet daily with soap and water.
What is Tinea Pedis (Athlete’s Foot)?
A ________ infection is also called a healthcare-associated or hospital-acquired infection.
Examples: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, C. Diff, MRSA
What is a Nosocomial Infection?
True or False: Tuberculosis is a disease that spread through the air.
What is true?
The most effective way to prevent the transmission of the disease
What is handwashing?
This HC Agency focuses on job safety standards.
What is OSHA?
Symptoms of this disease includes red, painful, swollen skin, wounds/boils, drainage, and fever.
What is MRSA?
A _____ microorganism that requires oxygen to live, while a _______ microorganism that does not require oxygen to live.
What is Aerobic? What is Anaerobic?
A mosquito is carrying malaria, it bites a human. This is an example of which mode of transmission?
What is Vector-Borne?
This class of microorganisms is normal and does not produce disease. While this microorganism causes infection and disease?
This agency uses comprehensive health services. There are two levels, National (US) and State (NC).
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
This disease is diagnosed with a spinal tap or lumbar puncture?
What is meningitis?
Bacteria can be shaped like ________ or ________
What is round or spiral/rod?
Name the 4 modes of transmission
Direct/Indirect Contact
Airborne
Vector-Borne
List the 6 links in the chain of infection?
Pathogen/Causative Agent
Reservoir
Portal of Entry
Mode of Transmission
Portal of Exit
Susceptible Host