2.02 Transmitting Infection Direct contact Indirect contact 2.02 Transmitting Infection Airborne Vector-borne

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Direct contact Person to person Animal to person Mother to unborn child 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Indirect contact Pathogens are passed along on inanimate objects 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Airborne Pathogens are carried through the air Cling to surroundings and are spread 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Vector-borne Insects carry pathogen from host to host Flea Mosquito Tick 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

How you get an infection… Causative agent Reservoir Portal of exit Mode of transmission Portal of entry Susceptible host 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures 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

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Causative agent pathogen 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Reservoir area where the pathogen can live 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Portal of exit way for the pathogen to escape from the reservoir 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Mode of transmission way for pathogen to be transmitted 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Portal of entry way to enter new reservoir 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Susceptible host able to be affected person likely to get sick 2.02 Understand infection control procedures

2.02 Understand infection control procedures Remember If any part of the chain is eliminated, the spread of infection or disease is stopped. 2.02 Understand infection control procedures