A drop of infected blood transferred via equipment is an example of which transmission?

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A drop of infected blood transferred via equipment is an example of which transmission?

Explanation:
This item tests how a pathogen moves through a nonliving intermediary. When infected blood is on equipment, the pathogen is carried by that object and can be transferred to another person who touches it. The equipment acts as a fomite, a nonliving intermediary that enables infection without direct person-to-person contact. This is indirect transmission because the transfer isn’t from one person to another directly. It’s not vector transmission since there’s no living organism involved, and it isn’t direct transmission because there isn’t immediate contact between two people.

This item tests how a pathogen moves through a nonliving intermediary. When infected blood is on equipment, the pathogen is carried by that object and can be transferred to another person who touches it. The equipment acts as a fomite, a nonliving intermediary that enables infection without direct person-to-person contact. This is indirect transmission because the transfer isn’t from one person to another directly. It’s not vector transmission since there’s no living organism involved, and it isn’t direct transmission because there isn’t immediate contact between two people.

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