Influenza
Birds. Chickens. Turkeys.
What is avian flu?
Cryptosporidium parvum is transmitted by this route.
What is oral fecal ingestion?
This infection is the most common HAI in the healthcare setting.
What is a UTI?
"It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm."
Who is Florence Nightingale?
It's most commonly associated with unpasteurized milk consumption.
What is Listeria monocytogenes?
Pandemic flu that caused over 50 million deaths in 1918.
What is the Spanish Flu?
These three elements make up the epidemiological triangle of disease.
What are Host, Agent, and Environment?
This is the most common risk factor for infection with C. difficile.
What is exposure to antimicrobials?
Theorized that disinfecting hands could prevent transmission of infection.
Who is Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis?
Characterized by maculopapular rash, fever and Koplik spots.
What is measles?
Porky, Wilbur, and Babe should be vaccinated for this.
What is swine flu?
Best method to prevent Hepatitis A transmission.
What is hand washing?
Infections cause by this organism typically occur in the ICU, rarely occur outside of the healthcare setting, and is commonly found in soil and water.
What is Acinetobacter?
Considered one of the founders of epidemiology for his work identifying the source of a cholera outbreak in 1854.
Who is Dr. John Snow?
The decolorizing solution used in the gram stain.
What is alcohol?
Typical incubation period for seasonal flu.
What is 1-4 days? (average is 2 days)
Hepatitis B serology marker indicating highest level of infectiousness.
What is positive e antigen?
Up to 60% of these have been estimated to be preventable by using evidence-based guideline.
What are SSIs?
Credited for his work on fermentation, discovery of anaerobic bacteria, and established the germ theory of disease.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Cutaneous, Inhalation, and Gastrointestinal infections are caused by this disease.
What is anthrax?
In 2016-2017, 145.9 million people did this.
What is received a flu shot?
Disease also known as parrot fever.
What is psittacosis?
International super-bug with growing resistance to antifungals that causes severe illness in hospitalized patients.
What is Candida auris?
Widely credited as the one of the founders of bacteriology and microbiology.
Who is Dr. Robert Koch?
Transmitted to humans via infectious droplets, contaminated fluid or tissue, or flea bites.
What is plague?