Puzzle 67: INFECTION CONTROL BASICS

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Across
  1. 3. Type of transmission that occurs by transfer of microbes through physical touch
  2. 7. Microbes that usually do not cause infections
  3. 9. Kind of soap blamed for destroying balance of normal flora on person's body
  4. 10. A person whose immune system is weakened is ______
  5. 11. Used to treat bacterial infection
  6. 13. A person who is at risk for infection is called this type of host
  7. 14. Antibiotics are not effective on this type of infection
  8. 15. Single celled microbes that naturally occur on living, dead or inanimate objects
  9. 16. Another name for a microorganism (germ or bug)
Down
  1. 1. Single best way to prevent the spread of infections
  2. 2. Type of transmission demonstrated by coughing or sneezing
  3. 4. Type of transmission where microbes move across long distances by air currents
  4. 5. Microorganisms that causes infection or disease
  5. 6. The mode of ______ is how pathogens travel to the next reservoir or host
  6. 8. Another name for a contagious disease
  7. 12. Microbes that normally grow in certain locations on or in the human body