Antibiotics

Question 1

What are bactericidal antibiotics?

Answer 1

Antibiotics that kill bacteria

Question 2

What bacteriostatic antibiotics?

Answer 2

Antibiotics that inhibit the growth/reproduction/replication of bacteria

Question 3

How was hospital acquired infections (HAIs) spread?

Answer 3

By poor hygiene in hospitals

Question 4

How are HAIs prevented from spreading?

Answer 4

1. Doctors and visitors wash hands before & after visiting patient
2. Equipment and surfaces sterile and disinfected after use
3. People with HAIs moved to isolation ward so they are less likely to transmit the infection to other patients

Question 5

How is antibiotic-resistance prevented/reduced?

Answer 5

1. Doctors should not over-prescribe antibiotics (don’t prescribe them for minor bacterial infections or viral infections)
2. Doctors shouldn’t prescribe them in order to prevent infection
3. Patients should finish the whole course of antibiotics to prevent any resistant strains growing