PATHOGENS

Question 1

• Are microorganisms that can cause infections and diseases.

Answer 1

Pathogens

Question 2

• They can reproduce quickly in your body and give off poisons (toxins)that can cause infection .

Answer 2

Pathogens

Question 3

are opportunistic

Answer 3

Pathogens

Question 4

• harmless normal flora can become pathogenic when introduced into a part that they do not normally reside,

Answer 4

Pathogens

Question 5

commonly found in the intestines, can cause urinary tract infections if they enter the urinary tract .

Answer 5

Escherichia coli

Question 6

enter the host through various routes, such as inhalation, ingestion, contact with bodily fluids, or through breaks in the skin.

Answer 6

Pathogens

Question 7

Reside in blood and can be transmitted by exposure to infected blood or body fluid

Answer 7

BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS

Question 8

Common blood borne pathogens

Answer 8

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV)

Question 9

control and prevention of infection
must be a hospital - wide effort

Answer 9

BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS

Question 10

infectious microorganisms can be
transmitted from :

Answer 10

patients to other patients
patients to health care workers
health care workers to patients