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CHAIN OF INFECTION. AR 7/16, 2020 - Coggle Diagram
CHAIN OF INFECTION. AR 7/16, 2020
INFECTIOUS AGENT
They are and live everywhere
Even on our skin
Germ or bacteria that causes the infection
Until there is a portal of entry such as a cut
They enter our body
Causing infection
RESERVOIR
A place where those germs can live
Where they can multiply
It can be a person
Or an animal
A furniture
Health care equipment
PORTAL OF EXIT
The way the germs can escape the reservoir
For example by touching the reservoir with your hands
The portal of exit are the hands
It is the way the germs can move from one reservoir to another one.
Also body fluids and excretions
The infections agent go on the air
When someone sick cough without covering the mouth
PORTAL OF ENTRY
How the germs enter a host
They can enter by cuts
They can be swallowed
They can be be breathed in
While in a surgery procedure
Through a catheter opening
Through a feeding tube opening
Through injections by used and contaminated needles
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
How the germs move
How the germs spread
How the germs go from one reservoir to another one
SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
A person or animal with poor immunity
Young children
Older people
Sick people
People with compromised immune system
People with diabetes
People with malnutrition
Patients on chemotherapy
Dehydrated people
Vulnerable people