Unit 3 Healthcare Test

What is a Zoonotic disease?

diseases transmitted from animals to humans

How is Toxoplasmosis transmitted

through touching infected animal feces

How is Mad cow transmitted

consuming infected beef

How is lyme disease transmitted

tick bites infected deer then tick bites human

How is west nile transmitted

mosquito bites infected bird then bites human

What does vector borne mean

disease transmitted to humans or other animals through mosquitoes, ticks and fleas

Bacteria

one celled microorganisms classified according to their shape

Fungi

plantlike organism that lives on dead matter (ringworm)

Protozoa

tiny animals found in contaminated water (malaria)

Rickettsiae

parasites that live inside the cells of other living organisms, transmitted by fleas, lice, and tics, (lyme disease)

Viruses

smallest of all organisms, live inside cells, difficult to destroy (covid)

Antibiotics only work against which pathogen?

Bacteria

Which pathogen is said to be “plant like”

Fungi

What is the only place viruses can live

a cell

Would inserting a tube into someones body need a sterile or aseptic environment

sterile

Antiseptic

kill microorganisms on your skin

Disinfectant

kill germs on non-living surfaces

Aseptic

Cleaned environment/reduced bacteria

Sterile

Cleaned environment/no bacteria or microorganisms

What is the first step in chain of infection

Infectious agent (pathogen)

What is the second step in chain of infection

Reservoir (person, animal, ect)

What is the third step in chain of infection

Portal of exit (cough, sneeze, ect)

What is the fourth step in chain of infection

Mode of transmittion (handshake)

What is the fifth step in chain of infection

Susceptible Host (person, animal, ect)

Nosocomial

Infections acquired at the health care facility

Endogeneous

internal cause of issue

Exogeneous

external cause of issue

Epidemic

infection of one country or area

Pandemic

infection of whole world

Contact Isolation

something you may touch (gown, gloves, private room, eye protection, disposable equipment

Airborne Isolation

in air (gown, gloves, private room, n95 mask, neg pressure room)

Droplet isolation

cough or sneeze (gown, gloves, mask, eye protection, private room, goes on before you enter room)

How is Hepatitis B passed

when blood or other body fluid of infected person enters the body of another person

How is tuberculosis passed

coughs, sneezes, (airborne)

Aerobic

with air

Anaerobic

without air