Infection Control Key Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A virus that attacks the human immune system
  2. 8. liver disease-mild and short-term
  3. 9. a single celled orginism that often exibit animal like behavors
  4. 12. methods in which infectious agents move from the reservoir to the host
  5. 13. spore produced orginisms that feed on organic matter
  6. 14. federal agency that helps prevent disease
  7. 16. US agency that estabishes safe and healthy working conditions
  8. 18. cabinet agency that protectsthe health and well being of pople that live in north carolina
  9. 19. an infection that occurs when you are treated by a healthcare professional and get sick because of it
  10. 20. having an internal cause or origin
  11. 22. any person, animal, plant, soil or substance that an infecsious agent lives and grows
  12. 23. a microorganism that can cause disease
  13. 26. federal agency that help provents disease
  14. 28. a virus that attacks the human immune system
  15. 29. an individual at risk of infection due to a lack of immunity
  16. 31. primary federal agency for supporting biomedical and behavioral reaserch
  17. 32. executive agency that protects the human health of Americans
  18. 33. federal cabinet, protecting the health of Americans
Down
  1. 1. a federal law that protects patient medical information
  2. 2. a strain of bacteria found in the intestines and female genital tract
  3. 4. exploiting chance offered by immediate circumstances without reference to morals
  4. 5. a specific anatomical site or route through which a pathogen exits a host
  5. 6. a federal agencythat protects food and prevents diseases
  6. 7. microorganisms that can cause disease
  7. 10. related to or developingfrom external factors
  8. 11. the US's specialized agency responsible for internal public health
  9. 15. a specific anatomical site or route through which a pathogen enters a host
  10. 17. a contagious airborne infectionthat attacks mainly the lungs
  11. 21. an infection agent that can only reproduce in a host
  12. 24. liver infection transmitted through infected bodily fluids
  13. 25. a "superbug" or a virus that is resistant to most common antibiotics
  14. 27. an information provided by a manufacturer that detals anout a certin chemical
  15. 30. biological entity that invadesa host and causes a disease