Unit 2

Question 1

Communicable diseases

Answer 1

Diseases that can spread from one person to another

Question 2

Microbe

Answer 2

Microorganism

Living things that cannot be seen with the naked eye

Question 3

Normal resident flora

Answer 3

Cause no harm and are essential for healthy living

Question 4

Pathogens

Answer 4

Microbes that can cause illness

Question 5

Bacteria

Answer 5

Cause many infections in the healthcare setting
Classify by their:
Shape
The way ther arrange themselves in a colony
The way they stain(react to certain dye to make them more visible under a microscope)

Question 6

Diplo

Answer 6

Pairs of bacteria

Question 7

Strepto

Answer 7

Chains of bacteria

Question 8

Staphylo

Answer 8

Grape like clickers or group of bacteria

Question 9

Aerobic bacteria

Answer 9

Need oxygen to live

Question 10

Anaerobic

Answer 10

Die of oxygen is present

Question 11

Endospores

Answer 11

Hard shell that surround the bacteria and becomes inactive

They are very difficult to kill using standard method

Question 12

Bacteria illnesses

Answer 12

Tetanus (lockjaw)
Botulism (food poisoning)
Steep throat
Some bladder infections
Some skin infection
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Typhus
Some type of pneumonia 
Some infections of the reproductive and urinary system

Question 13

Viruses

Answer 13

Smallest of all microbes

Question 14

Virus illnesses

Answer 14

Common cold
Fever blisters
Chicken pox 
hepatitis
AIDS

Question 15

Fungi

Answer 15

Group of plant like organism

Question 16

Fungui illnesses

Answer 16

Ringworm
Athletes foot
Thrush
Candidiasis

Question 17

Parasites

Answer 17

Live in or on a host and use them for food and protection

Question 18

Parasite illnesses

Answer 18

Scabies(mites)

Pediculosis(live)

Question 19

Other type of parasites

Answer 19

Helmiths (pinworms, tapeworms, roundworms)

Protozoa(malaria, amebic dysentery

Question 20

Antibiotics

Answer 20

Drug that is able to kill bacteria or make it difficult for them to reproduce

Question 21

Penicillin

Answer 21

First antibiotic use in ww2

Question 22

Multidrug resistant organism

Answer 22

Resistant to one or more antibiotics
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)

Question 23

Chain of infections

Answer 23

Pathogen 
Reservoir
Susceptible host
Portal of entry
Method of transmission
Portal of exit

Question 24

Nosocomial infections

Answer 24

Infections people get while a patient or resident or while a healthcare worker get while proving care