HTHSCI 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cardiac Surgery, Traffic Flow, Legionella
23 Apr 2016
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Require all of these things in order to cause an infection. Patient predominant source of infection: often find that bacteria causing infection is endogenous to the patient. Staff: medical residents are not good at staying home when ill. Equipment: communal equipment are the big concerns. Other sources such as food or contamination at the manufacturer. Contact skin to skin: greeting, turning or moving a patient. Indirect contact - skin to inanimate object: doorknobs and handles in high traffic areas, using an uncleaned stethoscope on multiple patients. Airborne: light enough to be suspended in the air, tb! Blood and body fluids: hepatitis b, c and hiv 3 bloodborne pathogens we have most concern. Vector (mosquito: zika virus presents with fever, malaise, very vague. 2 m range is now said to be the zone of contamination. Airborne transmission has heavy large droplets that fall within 2 m.
