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2. Infection-infection(s) acquired during the process of receiving health care that was not present during the time of admission.
3. transferred by air
6. process of making something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.
9. borne- Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropods,
10. absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.
12. bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
14. organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
15. transmission-Droplet transmission occurs by the direct spray of large droplets onto conjunctiva or mucous membranes of a susceptible host when an infected patient sneezes, talks, or coughs

1. cleaning of germs
4. microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus.
5. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
7. Control- discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections
8. Vehicle-borne transmission is a vehicle that is, an inanimate object or material called in scientific
11. single-celled organisms. Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet's ecosystems.
13. transmission-e most common form of transmitting diseases and virus.