NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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failure to follow safety rules when handling bacteria
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lack of understanding as to how the disease is spread
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creation of supergerms due to the overuse of antibiotics
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Disease outbreaks are usually caused by an infection, transmitted through person-to-person contact, animal-to-person contact, or from the environment or other media. Outbreaks may also occur following exposure to chemicals or to radioactive materials.
Detailed explanation-2: -A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
Detailed explanation-3: -This can happen through direct contact, like with some sexually transmitted diseases; through sharing an item or vehicle that passes the disease, like needles, also called vehicle-borne transmission; or through a vector like mosquitoes, also called vector-borne transmission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area.