An instructor is explaining various types of infections. A student demonstrates understanding by saying:
1. "An infection that is acquired while the patient is being cared for in a health-care setting is known as a health-care-associated infection."
2. "If a person has an infection in just one area of the body, it is described as a primary infection."
3. "If a second infection is caused by a different pathogen, it becomes a systemic infection."
4. "If an infection spreads from the lungs to other organs, it becomes a secondary infection."
ANS: 1
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