Preventing Infections

Question 1

A technique to prevent infection

Answer 1

Hand washing especially after using the toilet, before cooking, or after contact with an animal or someone that has a infectious illness

Question 2

Why do we use disinfectants

Answer 2

It reduces the amount of pathogens

Question 3

How to prevent spreading pathogens

Answer 3

Sneezing or coughing into a handkerchief and then wash your hands

Question 4

Technique to prevent infections

Answer 4

Maintaining the hygiene of people and agricultrual machinery to help prevent the spread of plant diseases

Question 5

Isolating infected individuals

Answer 5

Keep someone that might have something like ebola isolated. If people come in contact with this person they could also get the disease

Question 6

Semmelweis

Answer 6

Discovered that diseases were being spread because of hands not being washed

Question 7

Louis Pasteur

Answer 7

Showed that microorganisms cause diseases. He helped vaccinate against diseases such as anthrax and rabies

Question 8

Joseph Lister

Answer 8

Started to use atiseptic chemicals to destroy pathogens before they caused infection in operating theatres