NURSING 1J02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Infection Control, Urinary Catheterization, Hand Washing
2 Mar 2017
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Pathogens are capable of causing an infection, but presence doesn"t mean that an infection will begin. The development of an infection occurs in a cycle that depends on the presence of: Week 8: infection control: an infectious agent (pathogen, a reservoir (source for pathogen growth, a mode of exit, a mode of transmission, a portal of entry to a host, a susceptible host. An infection will develop if this chain remains intact. Microorganisms on the skin are called resident or transient flora which survive & multiply on skin without causing harm & aren"t easily removed by hand washing. The potential for microorganisms to cause disease depends on the following factors: Ability to enter and survive in the host. Place where a pathogen can survive but may or may not multiply. Most common reservoir is the human body. When a pathogen is present in/on the body but doesn"t cause harm, pathogen is colonizing the site.
