You Are a School Nurse Teaching a Health Class About

question 7

Multiple Choice

You are a school nurse teaching a health class about the chain of infection in the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) . Astudent asks you which part of the chain of infection can be missing when transmission occurs. What would be your best answer?

• A) "Not everyone is susceptible to STDs, but they still get them."
• B) "STDs can be gotten from bed linens and toilet seats, so you don't really need a reservoir."
• C) "You can be missing any part of the chain of infection except the infectious agent."
• D) "All parts of the chain of infection have to be present for the disease to be passed to another human."

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Definitions:

Supply Of Resources

The availability or provision of natural, economic, or human elements necessary for production or survival.

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Indefinitely Sustained

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Biologists

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