Across
- 3. used to immobilize a patient or part of the patient's body
- 6. person or animal susceptible to the pathogen
- 9. infectious agent or germ and refers to a virus, bacteria, or other microbe.
- 10. a violent or dangerous act used to intimidate or coerce a person or government to further a political or social agenda
- 11. the way germs are moved to the susceptible person
- 14. Tiny microscopic entities capable of carrying on living processes
- 16. germs that can survive and grow where there is no oxygen
- 17. where pathogen grows
Down
- 1. person or animal not sick with the disease harboring an organism that is contagious
- 2. a condition in which no living disease-causing microorganisms are present
- 4. swelling
- 5. Method of killing all microorganisms including spores
- 6. basic preventive technique used to interrupt the infectious process
- 7. Bacteria that can grow and live when oxygen is present
- 8. Removing foreign materials
- 12. redness
- 13. Infection acquired while in the hospital or other health care agency
- 15. pathogens can be transmitted from inanimate objects