Chain of Infection #2

Factors that weakens a body’s defense against infectious diseases. 

• smoking

• High fat diet

• alcohol

• all of the above

Chain of infection includes

• infection, health worker, portal of exit, portal of entry, mode of carrier

• causative agent, infection, portal of entry,

  portal of exit, mode of transmission

• causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host

• infection, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, carrier

PPE stands for...

• private protection equipment

• personal protective equipment

• private property equipment

• personal private equipment

Area where the causative agent can live 

• mode of transmission
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• portal of entry

Way that causative agent transmits to another host

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• mode of transmission

pathogen transmitted through air, soil, food or feces

• direct contact
• indirect contact
• opportunistic infection
• nosocomial infection

way for causative agent to escape the reservoir

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• reservoir
• causative agent

person who gets a disease because of weak defenses

• causative agent
• susceptible host
• reservoir
• portal of entry

way for the causative agent to enter a new reservoir

• portal of entry
• portal of exit
• direct
• indirect

What part of the chain is seen in this photo?

• Portal of Exit

• Susceptible Host

• Pathogen

• Portal of Entry