The Wellbeing Children's Quiz: Talking Terms

Are you familiar with these words and terms used by healthcare providers?

The Wellbeing Childrens Quiz Talking Terms

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1 / 5 | Inanimate objects that are contaminated with pathogens when touched by the carrier of an infection is called ..................

• Fomite
• FOMO
• Vector

Contact with fomites can lead to the spread of disease. And that’s why surface cleaning and handwashing are important.

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2 / 5 | What is meant by ‘patient zero’?

• The only patient in a family who doesn’t acquire an infectious disease
• The first documented patient of a disease outbreak
• The last patient to become infection-free

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3 / 5 | When a high percentage of the community becomes immune to a disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness), making the spread of the disease from person to person unlikely, it is called …………

• Natural selection
• Herd immunity
• Evolutionary protection

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4 / 5 | What’s ‘Ebola handshake’?

• Greeting each other by bumping elbows
• Avoiding handshake with ebola patients
• Greeting someone by touching one’s feet

Popularised after the Ebola Outbreak in 2014, this way of greetings has been adopted by many as an alternative to handshake.

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5 / 5 | The clothing designed to protect the wearer from infection when caring for the infected is commonly referred to by an acronym. What is it?

• PPA
• PEP
• PPE

It is the acronym for Personal Protective Equipment.

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