Infection Control Key Terms

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Across
  1. 5. type of staph bacteria that's resistant to antibiotics
  2. 6. strains of enterococcus bacteria that have become resistant to vancomycin
  3. 8. pathway that an infectious agent travels
  4. 13. virus that attacks the body's immune system
  5. 15. serious liver infection
  6. 16. US law set to protect patients privacy
  7. 18. microscopic eukaryotic organism
  8. 20. biological entity that invades a living host
  9. 22. Gov. for health and well being of residents in NC
  10. 23. detailed information on hazardous substances
  11. 24. virus that attacks the human body immune system
  12. 25. specialized agency that coordinates authority on international public health
  13. 26. bacteria illness in the large intestine
  14. 27. something that can cause disease
  15. 29. federal agency that protects public health
  16. 30. unicellular microorganism, some cause diseases
Down
  1. 1. pathway a pathogen takes to exit a reservoir
  2. 2. specific route a pathogen takes through a host
  3. 3. infection a patient gets while receiving treatment for another condition
  4. 4. substances that originate or produced by an organism, cell, or tissue
  5. 7. a person vulnerable to infection
  6. 9. ensures safe and healthy working conditions
  7. 10. any group of spore producing organisms
  8. 11. exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances
  9. 12. federal agency protecting the health of Americans
  10. 14. tiny infectious agent inside a protective protein shell
  11. 17. federal body that protects human health
  12. 19. liver disease
  13. 21. relating to or developing from external factors
  14. 28. federal agency for biomedical and public health research