Infection Prevention
Best way to avoid spreading germs
What is Wash hands!
(would also accept live in a bubble, have people cover their cough and stay home when sick)
What is an infection that can be passed by dust that has mouse urine or droppings?
What is hantavirus
Name a pandemic that has occurred in your lifetime
COVID
(would also accept 2009 Swine Flu or 2003 SARS)
This is all over the news and causes fever, rash, red eyes, and runny nose. It can cause severe illness including permanent brain changes.
What is measles
This term describes a high percentage of a population being immune to a disease, making its spread unlikely and protecting those who cannot be vaccinated.
What is herd immunity
This is how long you need to wash your hands
What disease do you worry about with a bat bite?
What is rabies
What is a pandemic?
A pandemic is defined as the worldwide spread of a new disease that crosses international boundaries and usually affects a large number of people. (Bigger than an epidemic that stays more in a specific population or region)
What is the official name of "whooping cough"?
What is pertussis
Through worldwide immunization efforts, this is the only human disease to be completely eradicated.
What is Smallpox
Why does soap work to prevent spread of germs?
What is : Soap works by using molecules with water-loving heads and fat-loving tails to break apart, trap, and lift dirt and pathogens (like viruses and bacteria) from the skin. These soap molecules destroy the protective lipid layer of viruses, while scrubbing action and rinsing wash the trapped germs away with water
What is human bite, although dog bites can cause more damage
What is a recent very contagious, very dangerous infection that has infected parts of central Africa?
What is Ebola
What is the stomach flu infection that people often get on cruise ships and is really contagious?
What is norovirus
This specific type of white blood cell is produced by the immune system in response to a vaccine to fight future infections.
What is antibodies
Can you get infections from sitting on a toilet seat?
What is no, it is unlikely to get infections from sitting on a toilet seat. Viruses and bacteria don't like cold hard surfaces. You cannot pass STIs through the seat, although you can maybe spread something like norovirus but this is unlikely if you practice good hand hygiene.
Do we have Lyme Disease in Utah?
Lyme disease is rare in Utah, with most reported cases linked to travel in other states. While the responsible ticks (Ixodes pacificus) exist in Utah, none have tested positive for the bacteria
How many people died during the Spanish Flu pandemic (1918-1920)
What is an estimated 50-100 million people
What kind of infection can you get from drinking raw milk?
What is E. Coli or other types of intestinal bacteria
This disease used to cause paralysis, sometimes severe enough that patients had to use an "iron lung" to help them breathe
What is polio
What is an n95 mask and what is it used for?
N95 masks are certified, tight-fitting respirators that filter at least 95% of airborne particles, including bacteria, viruses, and smoke.
What type of infection can you get from touching a pet turtle?
What is salmonella (they can carry it on their shell)
What disease did the Europeans bring over to the "new world" that caused thousands of deaths?
What is small pox (but during the "Columbian exchange" an estimated 48 million died from smallpox, measles, diptheria, cholera, etc.)
What is one reason the Old Testament, and still many Jews and Muslims, don't eat pork?
What is that before good refrigeration and cooking procedures, pork often passed infections such as tapeworms that can lead to cysts in the brain and problems like seizures.
Because of a high threat of this disease in certain regions of Africa, many families traditionally did not name their children until they had survived it.
What is measles