Directions: Please answer the questions on the

Directions: Please answer the questions on the attached handout for the following illnesses: Influenza Infection Control Assignment Directions: Choose an illness or pathogen related medical condition from the infection control assignment list. Answer the following questions about the illness and/or pathogen. Please use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site www.cdc.gov to assist with the answers. You may find the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) web pages helpful: http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pubs.html https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563 What is the name of the infecting microorganism? ____________________________ What type of microorganism causes the illness? bacteria C. fungus B. virus D. parasite 2) What is the mode of transmission? How does the illness spread to the susceptible human host? A. Direct Contact: human-to-human physical contact (touching, kissing, sexual contact, contact with blood/body fluids) B. Indirect Contact: host infected from a contaminated surface (ex. Door knob, eating utensils, washroom surfaces, computer keyboard, medical instruments) C. Droplet Contact: infected droplets produced by a cough, sneeze, or talking come in contact with a host’s eye, nose, or mouth; droplets are large particles that are suspended for short distances D. Airborne Transmission: microorganism suspended on dust particles for a longer period of time and can survive outside the body for a longer length of time e. Fecal-Oral Transmission: microorganism enters the body via infected food or water and usually causes gastrointestinal illness F. Vector-borne Transmission: vectors are animals that can transmit disease; examples of possible vectors are flies, mosquitoes, mites, ticks, rats, dogs 3) If a patient was admitted to a hospital with an untreated, active case of the illness, what type of precautions would be used? (There may be more than one!) A. Standard or Universal Precautions B. Contact Precautions C. Droplet Precautions D. Airborne Precautions

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