B5.5 - Preventing disease Flashcards
1
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Ignaz semmelweis
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-hungarian physician
-introduced handwashing = less pregnant women died
2
Q
Louis Pasteur
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-developed germ theory of disease
-developed pasteurisation (preservation of food)
3
Q
-Joseph Lister
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-pioneer of antiseptic surgery
-introduced carbonic acid to sterilise surgical instruments/wound and air
4
Q
Hygiene
A
-hand washing
-disinfectants
-cleaning agricultural machinery
5
Q
Isolation
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less contact = reduced chance of passing disease on
6
Q
Destroying vectors
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-reduces spread of disease
7
Q
vectors
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carries parasite
8
Q
vaccination
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protects body and builds immune system
