National Infection Control Week Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• hand hygiene: the best way to protect yourself from infection (2 words)
• sleeve: you should cough or sneeze into this
• vaccine: a needle with an inactive form of virus that's given to teach your body how to fight infection
• ppe: short for personal protective equipment
• cleaning: washing away organic material from a surface
• disinfecting: the act of killing or deactivating germs on a surface
• sporicidal: an agent that attacks the product of a fungus
• surveillance: monitoring carefully for signs and symptoms of infection
• outbreak: this occurs when there is more than the baseline level of infection in an area
• noro virus: a nasty bug responsible for nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
• antibiotics: these are prescribed to treat bacterial infections
• influenza: this pathogen appears most commonly in the fall and winter months
• hand sanitizer: a substance that kills bacteria on your hands (2 words)