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2.02 Transmitting Infection

2.02 Transmitting Infection. Transmitting Infection. Direct contact Indirect contact Airborne Vector-borne. Transmitting Infection. Direct contact Person to person Animal to person Mother to unborn child. Transmitting Infection. Indirect contact

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2.02 Transmitting Infection

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  1. 2.02 Transmitting Infection

  2. Transmitting Infection • Direct contact • Indirect contact • Airborne • Vector-borne 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  3. Transmitting Infection Direct contact • Person to person • Animal to person • Mother to unborn child 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  4. Transmitting Infection Indirect contact • Pathogens are passed along on inanimate objects 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  5. Transmitting Infection Airborne • Pathogens are carried through the air • Cling to surroundings and are spread 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  6. Transmitting Infection Vector-borne • Insects carry pathogen from host to host Flea Mosquito Tick 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  7. Transmitting Infection • How you get an infection… • Causative agent • Reservoir • Portal of exit • Mode of transmission • Portal of entry • Susceptible host…breaking the chain! 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  8. Causative agent Source or reservoir Chain of Infection Susceptible host Portal of entry Portal of exit Mode of transmission 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  9. Chain of Infection • Causative agent • pathogen 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  10. Chain of Infection • Reservoir • area where the pathogen can live 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  11. Chain of Infection • Portal of exit • way for the pathogen to escape from the reservoir 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  12. Chain of Infection • Mode of transmission • way for pathogen to be transmitted 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  13. Chain of Infection • Portal of entry • way to enter new reservoir 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  14. Chain of Infection • Susceptible host • able to be affected • person likely to get sick 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

  15. Chain of Infection Causative agent Source or reservoir Susceptible host Portal of entry Portal of exit Mode of transmission 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

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