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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):

Ourselves

Other people

The environment

Minerals

Bacteria

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

TRUE

FALSE

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?

Older people

People who are in good health

People who exercise regularly

Young adults

Babies and children

People with lowered immunity

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