MICR 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hospital-Acquired Infection, Influenza-Like Illness, Meningococcal Disease
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11 Apr 2018
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Micr120 lecture 8: infection control and prevention curbing the spread of infectious diseases. The basis of infection control (ic: goal is to prevent the spread of an infectious agent in any facility, nosocomial infection: (health-care associated infection -hai) any infection that is acquired due to exposure to a health care facility. The transmission of nosocomial infections cost our health care system over . 5 billion per year! Some of these infections lead to institutional outbreaks that have led to hospital wards and entire facilities being shut down. The chain of transmission (start at the top of chain) Transmission occurs when the agent, in the reservoir, exits the reservoir through a portal of exit, travels via a mode of transmission and gains entry through a portal of entry to susceptible host. Infectious agent: bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, prions: reservoir: people, water, food, nasal carriage of mrsa, vre, c-difficile. Susceptible host: immunosuppression, diabetes, burns, surgery, lines, age.
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