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Infection Vocab
Chain of infection
Term | Definition |
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Chain of Infection | Six factors that must be present for the spread of infection |
2. Infectious agent | Any disease causing microorganisms (Pathogens) |
Reservoir | The organism in which the infectious microbes reside |
Portal of Exit | The route of escape of the pathogens from the resevoir |
Mode of Transmission | Method by which the pathogen gets from the reservoir to the new host |
Portal of Entry | route through which the pathogen enters its new host |
Susceptible Host | Its when the host accepts the pathogens |
Carrier | Hosts that do not shoe any outward signs or symptoms of a disease but are still capable of transmitting the disease are known as carriers |
Medical Asepsis | Clean technique decrease in medical pathogens |
Surgical Asepsis | |
Nosocomial Infection= Hospital Acquired Infection | |
Host | |
Contagious | |
Epidemiology | |
Quarantine |