Combined Science GCSE
Hygiene and sanitation
What Hygiene and sanitation means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Hygiene and sanitation
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Reference: AQA
Measures such as hand-washing, disinfecting surfaces, clean water supplies, sewage treatment and hygienic food handling that remove or contain pathogens.
Topics that use Hygiene and sanitation
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotics
- Breaking the chain of infection
- Obligate parasites
- Pathogen groups and disease
- Transmission routes
- Transmission routes in animals
- Transmission routes in plants
- Vaccination and immunity
Using Hygiene and sanitation in the exam
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