Antibiotics are very heavily used in surgical wards to prevent infections that often take hold after surgery. Whatwould you predict might be true of surgical areas in hospitals?

A. Nurses working in these areas are immune to antibiotics. B. Nurses working in these areas often are sick because of the toxic effects of exposure to antibiotics.

C. Viruses should be rare or absent from these areas.

D. Many of the bacteria living in these areas are antibiotic-resistant.

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Sherlyn Gordon

20 February, 06:31

Antibiotics are very heavily used in surgical wards to prevent infections that often take hold after surgery. Whatwould you predict might be true of surgical areas in hospitals?

A. Nurses working in these areas are immune to antibiotics. B. Nurses working in these areas often are sick because of the toxic effects of exposure to antibiotics.

C. Viruses should be rare or absent from these areas.

D. Many of the bacteria living in these areas are antibiotic-resistant.

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Camron Hess · Answer 1

D. Many of the bacteria living in these areas are antibiotic-resistant.

Explanation:

Antibiotic resistance occurs when a bacteria develops a resistant gene in order to be less susceptible to a medicine in use.

The more the bacteria is exposed to different medicine the more the resistance. When these bacteria infect humans, they tend to be difficult to treat.

In a surgical ward where antibiotic are heavily used, there is a high chance many bacteria living in the area are antibiotic resistant