Question

1. pathogen is transmitted from contaminated surfaces such as food or equipment
2. a hard plastic container that is used to safely dispose of needles and other medical instruments such as iv catheters and disposable scalpels
3. a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus which attacks the immune system thus destroying the body’s ability to fight infection
4. plantlike organisms that live on dead organic matter
5. the most important measure to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and present health care-associated infections
6. person to person contact

Explanation:

Since the problem seems to be a set of medical - related terminology matching questions (but the specific task like what to do with these questions - e.g., match with terms, define them - is not clear), here are the possible answers for each if it's a terminology identification task:

Question 8

This describes the transmission of pathogens via fomites (contaminated surfaces like food or equipment). The term for this mode of transmission is "Fomite transmission".

A hard plastic container for safely disposing of sharp medical instruments like needles, IV catheters, and disposable scalpels is a "Sharps container".

The disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that attacks the immune system is "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)".

Answer:

Fomite transmission

Question 9