NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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through someone who sneezed near them
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through someone who spoke near them
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through someone who sang near them
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through saliva
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Detailed explanation-1: -TB bacteria spread through the air from one person to another. When a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks, or sings, TB bacteria can get into the air. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.
Detailed explanation-2: -You cannot get TB germs from: Sharing drinking containers or eating utensils. Smoking or sharing cigarettes with others. Saliva shared from kissing. TB is NOT spread through shaking someone’s hand, sharing food, touching bed linens or toilet seats, or sharing toothbrushes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although TB is spread in a similar way to a cold or flu, it is not as contagious. You would have to spend prolonged periods (several hours) in close contact with an infected person to catch the infection yourself. For example, TB infections usually spread between family members who live in the same house.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is important to know that a person who is exposed to TB bacteria is not able to spread the bacteria to other people right away. Only persons with active TB disease can spread TB bacteria to others. Before you would be able to spread TB to others, you would have to breathe in TB bacteria and become infected.