Combined Science GCSE
Infection prevention
What Infection prevention means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Infection prevention
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Reference: AQA
Preventing infection through hygiene and vaccination helps slow resistance, so existing antibiotics remain useful for longer.
Topics that use Infection prevention
- Resistant bacteria (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotic development
- Antibiotic resistance
- Antibiotic stewardship and patient adherence
- Asexual reproduction by binary fission
- Bacterial reproduction by binary fission
- Mutation and variation
- Natural selection
- Natural selection and evolution of resistance
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