indirect transmission
How is it transmitted
object to person contact
How do you get pink eye
from another person
What is immunity
bodys ability to destroy infectious agents that enter the body
What was standard precautions previously known as
universal precautions
what type of disease transmitted through tiny droplets
flu
What is person to person contact
Direct transmission
what are the two types of immunity
Activity and Passive
What are three examples of standard precautions
wearing pep washing hands properly disinfecting
How is ringworm spread?
Contaminated objects
In what way would you transmit warts
Direct contact
Active immunity
What was standard precautions designed for
reduce risk of transmission of infection
What infection can occur through food and drinking water
E.coli
What is the spray of large droplets when close to someone while coughing, sneezing, or talking
Respiratory droplet transmission
How does a newborn acquire immunity
through the mother to the placenta (passive immunity)
What would you call a person with no recognizable symptoms of disease
asymptomatic
What disease is resistant to most antibiotics
MRSA
What are the 6 signs of infection
pain, swelling, redness, local fever, throbbing, discharge
What triggers the immune system to produce anitbodies
exposure to a diseased organism
All bodily fluids except what contain physical blood
sweat