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Understand own role in the prevention and control of the spread of infection

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Micro-organisms that cause infection may originate from which of the following sources (choose 3):

Minerals

Other people

Bacteria

Ourselves

The environment

Is the following statement true or false? Sharing contaminated objects or misusing cleaning equipment increases the risk of cross-contamination.

FALSE

TRUE

Which one of the below is a description of disinfection?

A process that intends to kill or remove pathogenic micro-organisms, but cannot usually kill bacterial spores.

A process that intends to kill or remove pathogenic micro-organisms and bacterial spores.

Which 3 of the below are people who are more at risk of infection?

People with lowered immunity

Babies and children

Older people

People who exercise regularly

Young adults

People who are in good health

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