Infection Prevention and Control Quiz

What is the definition of infection prevention?

• The set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease

• A living thing or organism that is so small that it can be seen only under a microscope

• The state resulting from pathogens invading the body and multiplying

• Microorganisms that are capable of causing infection and disease

What is the definition of a microorganism?

• The set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease

• A living thing or organism that is so small that it can be seen only under a microscope

• The state resulting from pathogens invading the body and multiplying

• Microorganisms that are capable of causing infection and disease

What is the definition of an infection?

• The set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease

• A living thing or organism that is so small that it can be seen only under a microscope

• The state resulting from pathogens invading the body and multiplying

• Microorganisms that are capable of causing infection and disease

What are pathogens?

• The set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease

• A living thing or organism that is so small that it can be seen only under a microscope

• The state resulting from pathogens invading the body and multiplying

• Microorganisms that are capable of causing infection and disease

What is a localized infection?

• An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms

• An infection that travels through the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body, causing general symptoms

• An infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care

• A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another

What is a systemic infection?

• An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms

• An infection that travels through the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body, causing general symptoms

• An infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care

• A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another

What is a healthcare-associated infection (HAI)?

• An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms

• An infection that travels through the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body, causing general symptoms

• An infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care

• A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another

What is a chain of infection?

• An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local symptoms

• An infection that travels through the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body, causing general symptoms

• An infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care

• A way of describing how disease is transmitted from one human being to another

What is a causative agent?

• A pathogenic microorganism that causes disease

• A place where a pathogen lives and multiplies

• Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave

• The method of describing how a pathogen travels

What is a reservoir?

• A pathogenic microorganism that causes disease

• A place where a pathogen lives and multiplies

• Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave

• The method of describing how a pathogen travels