Infection Prevention and Control Practices

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Across
  1. 4. Infection infection limited to a specific location in the body
  2. 8. Describes how the pathogen travels
  3. 10. Also called a microbe
  4. 12. Where a pathogen lives.
  5. 13. A healthcare associated infection acquired in a healthcare setting during delivery of medical care.
  6. 14. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  7. 16. Treating blood and other body fluids, nonintact skin and mucous membranes as if they are infected.
Down
  1. 1. Happens by touching the infected person or their secretions.
  2. 2. Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to enter.
  3. 3. A pathogenic microoorganism that causes disease
  4. 5. Results by touching an object contaminated by the infected person.
  5. 6. Any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave
  6. 7. an uninfected person who could get sick.
  7. 9. Infection An infection that affects the entire body
  8. 10. These membranes line body cavities that open to the outside of the body.
  9. 11. Practiced in Healthcare Facilities to prevent and control the spread of diseases.
  10. 13. The primary route of disease transmission within is via the _____ of healthcare workers.
  11. 15. The most important way to stop the spread of infection