This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Presence of infectious agent on clothes or dressings is termed - 
Select and explain. 
A. Infection, B. Infestation, C. Contamination, D. Contagion
C: Contamination
Answer: C: Contamination 
Explanation: Ans. is 'c' i.e., Contamination Infection The entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of man or animals. Contamination o The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface, and or in clothes, bedding, toys, surgical instruments, dressing or other inanimate aicles or substances including water, milk and food. Infestation o The lodgment, development and reproduction of ahropods on the surface of the body or in the clothing, e.g. lice.