Choose the best match for each item. Some answers can be used more than once.

A. handwashing, use of gloves, masks, and gowns
B. first and last step of all procedures
C. statistic associated with health-care-associated infections (HAIs)
D. Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile
E. other potentially infectious material
F. process should last at least 1-2 minutes
G. airborne precautions
H. prevent transmission of disease spread through the air over short distances
I. pathological condition caused by growth of microorganisms in the host
J. fomites
K. Standard Precautions
L. influenza
M.


A. exposure control practices
B. proper handwashing
C. 90,000 deaths annually
D. nosocomial infections, often drug resistant
E. OPIM
F. proper handwashing
G. pulmonary tuberculosis
H. Droplet Precautions
I. infection
J. surface disinfectant
K. all patients
L. Droplet Precautions
M. Airborne Precautions

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