plumiHospital-acquired infections: Edexcel International A Level Biology questions
Edexcel International A Level Biology past-paper questions on 6.4.2 Hospital-acquired infections, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 6 questions on Hospital-acquired infections, as a list
- January 2024, Unit 6, Q1(b)(ii) (2 marks): Explain how the code of practice for prescribing antibiotics helps to control infections. (2)
- October 2023, Unit 4, Q4(c) (3 marks): Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria are a common cause of infections in babies. These bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. Scientists h
- January 2023, Unit 4, Q1(c) (3 marks): Explain how the results shown in the diagram can help a doctor decide how to prescribe antibiotics to a patient who is infected with this type of bacteria. (3)
- June 2022, Unit 4, Q1(c) (2 marks): Codes of practice advise doctors and patients about the use of antibiotics. Describe two pieces of advice given to patients. (2)
- October 2020, Unit 4, Q7(b) (4 marks): The graph shows the number of prescriptions of the antibiotic, aminopenicillin, issued in one year. The graph also shows the percentage of E. coli bacteria that
- October 2020, Unit 4, Q7(c) (3 marks): The results of a survey are shown in the diagram. 44% 49% of doctors 70% prescribed of doctors antibiotics to prescribe of doctors 90% get a patient antibiotics
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