RECALL YOUR READING PAGE 433 1. Four broad types of pathogens include
fungi, and
2. Hand washing and wearing protective equipment are part of standard
recommended by the
3. Any objects that can cut or puncture the skin are called
such as
and
4. Stronger measures of infection prevention are used when there is
potential that a patient is carrying certain serious
5. Patients and diagnostic workers must be monitored for the amount of
they receive

1. Four broad types of pathogens include virus bacteria fungi, and parasites

2. Hand washing and wearing protective equipment are part of the standard precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC

3. Any object that can cut and puncture the skin are called sharps, such as needles, and blades

4. Stronger measures of infection prevention are used when there is potential that a patient is carrying certain serious infections

5. Patients and diagnostic workers must be monitored for the amount of radiation they receive

Explanation:

1. A pathogen is a disease causing organism that requires a host to survive and can be spread through contact with the skin, fluids of the body, particles in the air, contact with the feces of an infected host, contact with a surface that has been touched by an infected person

2. The standard precautions recommended by the CDC includes

a) Hygiene of the hands

b) The wearing of PPE

c) Etiquette while coughing and respiratory etiquette

d) Practice of safe methods of administering injections

e) Instrument and device sterilization

f) Disinfecting environmental surfaces

g) Sharps safety

3. Sharps are objects that have potential of causing skin injuries

4. Infections by the passage of disease causing organisms such as parasites into the body

5. The amount of radiation received by a patient or diagnostic radiographer is monitored to record the equivalent amount of radiation received

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