A patient who changes her own skin lesion dressings tells the nurse that she developed a new skin lesion on another body part. The nurse realizes this patient is most likely describing which mode of transmission?

Question

1. Vector-borne
2. Vehicle
3. Indirect contact
4. Direct contact

Answer 1

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Rationale 1: Vector-borne transmission occurs when a disease-producing organism is carried by a living host and transferred to a susceptible host.
Rationale 2: Vehicle transmission occurs when the organism's life is maintained on something outside the reservoir until it is passed to the susceptible host. The vehicle is a nonliving object.
Rationale 3: Indirect contact involves the susceptible person being exposed to the organism through a contaminated object such as a contaminated dressing.
Rationale 4: Direct contact occurs when there is actual person-to-person contact, as seen with a sexually transmitted disease.