CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -A fomite refers to inanimate objects that can carry and spread disease and infectious agents. Fomites can also be called passive vectors. There is a huge array of everyday objects that can become fomites if they come into contact with infectious agents such as infectious microbes, viruses, bacteria, and fungi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indirect contact infections spread when an infected person sneezes or coughs, sending infectious droplets into the air. If healthy people inhale the infectious droplets, or if the contaminated droplets land directly in their eyes, nose or mouth, they risk becoming ill.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pathogens can be transmitted a few ways depending on the type. They can be spread through skin contact, bodily fluids, airborne particles, contact with feces, and touching a surface touched by an infected person.