Infection Control

Question 1

Bacteramia

Answer 1

Bacteria in the blood

Question 2

Viraemia

Answer 2

Virus in the blood

Question 3

Toxaemia

Answer 3

Bacterial toxins in the blood or metabolic disturbance

Question 4

Septicaemia

Answer 4

The presence of multiplying pathogens

Question 5

Pyaemia

Answer 5

Puss in the blood

Septicaemia

Question 6

Epidemic

Answer 6

Increased infection within a population wide spread

Question 7

Endemic

Answer 7

Low level of infection within a community

Question 8

Pandemic

Answer 8

Infection spread all over the world

Question 9

Authroponosis

Answer 9

Human to animal

Question 10

Vector

Answer 10

An animate living thing that carries a microorganism

Question 11

Fomite

Answer 11

An inanimate object non living that is contaminated

Question 12

Biological vector

Answer 12

Acts as intermediate host in the life cycle of the parasite or microorganism
Some of the development occurs within the intermediate host before it is eaten by the final host

Flea - tape worm

Question 13

Non biological vector

Mechanical vector

Answer 13

Fomite

Plays no role in the development of the microorganism

Question 14

Chlamydias and rickettsias

Answer 14

Both can be bacteria and virus

Question 15

Antibacterial

Answer 15

Active against bacteria

Question 16

Antibiotics

Answer 16

Medicine that inhibits growth or kills bacteria

Question 17

Gram positive bacteria

Answer 17

Harder to kill

Red in colour

Question 18

Gram negative

Answer 18

Blue/ purple

Easier to kill