Controlling microbial growth WK4 L3

Question 1

HOW ARE INFECTIONS CAUSED?

Answer 1

MICRO-ORGANISIMS ENTER A HOST AND BEGIN TO MULTIPLE

Question 2

ARE ALL MICRO-ORGANISIMS BAD FOR US?

Answer 2

NO

Question 3

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BAD MICRO-ORGANISIMS MULTIPLE?

Answer 3

THEY CAUSE DISEASE AND TAKE US AWAY FROM HOMOSTASIS

Question 4

WHAT ARE SIGNS OF A DISEASE?

Answer 4

OBJECTIVE AND CAN BE MEASURED VIA VITALS

Question 5

WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE?

Answer 5

SUBJCTIVE AND REPOSRTED VIA PAITENT

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF INFECTION

Answer 6

INCUBATION - PRODROMAL - ILLNESS - DECLINE - CONVALESCENCE

Question 7

WHAT IS THE INCUBATION PERIOD?

Answer 7

WHEN THE VIRUS FIRST ENTERS THE BODY AND START TO GROW

Question 8

WHAT IS THE PRODOMAL PERIOD?

Answer 8

WHERE THE VIRUS IS MULTIPLYING AND YOU ARE SHOWING VERY MILD SYMPTOMS

Question 9

WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF ILLNESS?

Answer 9

COMPLETE SYMPTOMS - INFECTIOUS STATE

Question 10

WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF DECLINE?

Answer 10

SYMPTOMS GET LESS AND VIRUS NUMBERS DECLINE

Question 11

WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF CONVALESCENCE?

Answer 11

RECOVERY PERIOD

Question 12

WHAT IS PATHOGENICITY?

Answer 12

HOW EFFECTIVELY DOES IT CAUSE DISEASE

Question 13

WHAT IS VIRULENCE?

Answer 13

HOW BAD IS THE DISEASE

Question 14

WHAT ARE VIRULENCE FACTORS?

Answer 14

FACROS THAT ENHANCE TO ABILITY OF A MICROBE TO CAUSE DISEASE

Question 15

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF VIRULENCE FACTORS?

Answer 15

TOXINS - ADHEASIONS - EVASIVE & INVASIVE

Question 16

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TOXINS?

Answer 16

ENDOTOXINS AND EXOTOXINS

Question 17

WHAT ARE ENDOTOXINS?

Answer 17

MOLECULES THAT ATTACH TO THE CELL WALL - CAUSE HOST IMMUNE REACTIONS

Question 18

WHAT ARE EXOTOXINS?

Answer 18

MOLECULES RELEASED FROM THE CELLS (EXOCYTOSIS) - ATTACK MOLECULES THAT ATTACK & KILL CELLS

Question 19

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF EXOTOXINS?

Answer 19

CYTOTOXINS - CELLS
NEUROTOXINS - NERVOUS SYSTEM
ENTEROTOXINS - DIGESTIVE TRACT

Question 20

WHAT DOES ENTERO MEAN?

Answer 20

OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (INTESTINES)

Question 21

WHAT FACTORS AFFECT MICROBE GROWTH

Answer 21

NUTRIENTS - MOISTURE - TEMPERATURE - HP - OSMOTIC PRESSURE - ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE - GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Question 22

WHAT IS STRELISATION?

Answer 22

100.00% ELIMINATION OF ALL MICROBES

Question 23

WHAT IS DISINFECTION?

Answer 23

ELIMINATION OF MOST OR ALL PATHOGENS FROM FRON NO LIVING THINGS (EXCEPT ENDOSPORES)

Question 24

WHAT IS SANITISATION?

Answer 24

REDUCTION OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS TO LEVELS CONSIDERED SAFE BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFE STANDARDS

Question 25

WHAT ARE STERILISATION PHYSICAL METHODS?

Answer 25

Question 26

WHAT ARE STERILISATION CHEMICAL AGENTS?

Answer 26

Question 27

WHAT ARE DISINFECTION PHYSICAL METHODS?

Answer 27

Question 28

WHAT ARE DISINFECTION CHEMICAL AGENTS?

Answer 28

Question 29

WHAT ARE DISINFECTANTS?

Answer 29

CHEMICALS USED TO KILL MICROBES ON INANIMATE OBJECTS

Question 30

WHAT ARE ANTISEPTICS?

Answer 30

CHEMICALS USED TO DISINFECT SKIN AND OTHER LIVING TISSUES

Question 31

WHAT ARE MICROBICIDAL AGENTS?

Answer 31

CHEMICALS LIKE DISINFECTANTS AND ANTISEPTICS THAT KILL MICROBES

Question 32

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF MICROBICIDAL AGENTS?

Answer 32

BACTERIOCIDAL - SPORICIDAL - FUNGICIDAL - VIRICIDAL

Question 33

WHAT ARE MICROBISTATIC AGENTS?

Answer 33

SUBSTANCES THAT INHIBIT GROWTH OF MICROBES