Infection Control Practices and Chain of Infection

What is the role of T cells in the immune response?

What is the function of memory B cells in the immune system?

What is the collective term for the stimulation of B cells and the production of antibodies?

Which type of infection is limited to a defined area or single organ with symptoms resembling inflammation?

What is the term for infections acquired in a hospital or other health care facility that were not present at the time of admission?

What are resident flora?

Where do transient flora usually come from?

What are the two types of flora mentioned in the text?

What is the role of resident flora?

What are pathogenic microorganisms called?

What is the difference between pathogenicity and virulence?

Which factor does NOT affect virulence of a pathogen?

What is a common viral infection listed in the text?

Which mode of transmission involves transfer of an agent by animate means such as mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, and lice?

What is a common protozoan infection listed in the text?

What is the process of eliminating pathogens, except spores, from inanimate objects?

Which method is commonly used for sterilizing equipment that enters normally sterile tissue or blood vessels?

What is the goal in breaking the chain of infection between the portal of exit and the mode of transmission?

What assists the body’s immune system to function properly and allows the body to maintain appropriate acid–base balance?

What type of immune defense protects the host from all microorganisms and includes skin and normal flora, mucous membranes, coughing, sneezing, and tearing reflexes, elimination and acidic environment, and inflammation?

Resident flora are microorganisms that continually live on the skin.

Pathogenic microorganisms are called non-pathogens.

Transient flora are usually acquired from direct contact with environmental surfaces.

Microorganisms exist only in the body and not in the environment.

The function of memory B cells is to provide immediate protection upon subsequent exposure to the same antigen.

Cleansing is the process of eliminating pathogens, except spores, from inanimate objects.

Immunization is the process of creating immunity, or resistance to infection, in an individual.

Rest and sleep have no impact on a person's health and well-being.

Nonspecific immune defenses protect the host from specific microorganisms.

Proper nutrition does not assist the body's immune system to function properly.

Virulence refers to the ability of a microorganism to produce disease.

Fungi can cause infections of the hair, skin, nails, and mucous membranes.

Rickettsia are intracellular parasites that do not need to be in living cells to reproduce.

Colonization always results in cellular injury.

Vehicle transmission occurs when an agent is transferred to a susceptible host by contaminated inanimate objects only.

T lymphocytes regulate the immune response by producing antibodies specific to the antigen.

Memory B cells are formed to forget the antigen and prepare the host for future antigen invasion.

Localized infections affect the entire body and involve multiple organs.

Hospital-acquired infections are also called endemic infections.

Most hospital-acquired infections are transmitted by health care personnel who practice proper hand hygiene and change gloves between client contacts.

What are the chemical substances released by T cells at the injured area?

What is the collective term for the stimulation of B cells and the production of antibodies?

What is the term for an infection acquired in a hospital or other health care facility that was not present at the time of admission?

What are the four categories into which most hospital-acquired infections typically fall?

What is the function of memory B cells in the immune system?

What type of infection is limited to a defined area or single organ with symptoms resembling inflammation?

What are the two types of infections mentioned in the text?

What are the protein substances that destroy the antigen?

What is the term for infections passed among medical personnel?

What is the process of eliminating pathogens, except spores, from inanimate objects called?

The T cells move to the injured area and release chemical substances called ______.

The stimulation of B cells and the production of antibodies are collectively known as ______ immunity.

Memory B cells are formed to remember the ______ and prepare the host for future antigen invasion.

Localized infections are limited to a defined area or single organ with symptoms that resemble ______.

A hospital-acquired infection is an infection acquired in a hospital or other health care facility that was not present or incubating at the time of the client’s ______.

Most hospital-acquired infections are transmitted by health care personnel who fail to practice proper ______ hygiene or who fail to change gloves between client contacts.

The types of infections typically fall into four categories: urinary tract, surgical wounds, pneumonia, and ______.

Antibodies are protein substances that destroy the ______.

Memory B cells are formed to remember the antigen and prepare the host for future ______ invasion.

Systemic infections affect the entire body and involve multiple organs, such as ______.

Match the type of infection with its description:

Match the immune response components with their functions:

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