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What is the term for a disease-producing agent such as a virus?
Where can a pathogen live and multiply?
Which of the following is an example of a portal of exit for pathogens?
What is the mode of transmission for pathogens moving through the air or droplets?
Which opening is NOT considered a portal of entry for pathogens?
Who is considered a susceptible host in the chain of infection?
What best describes medical asepsis?
Which practice reduces the number of microbes and prevents their spread?
When are standard precautions used?
What is the purpose of transmission-based precautions?
Which of the following is NOT typically considered PPE used in transmission-based precautions?
Which practice involves keeping equipment and supplies free of all pathogens and microbes?
When is surgical asepsis required?
Which of the following is a delegated act for Personal Support Workers (PSWs)?
Which of the following is NOT part of the chain of infection?