2.02 Transmitting Infection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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