Chain of infectionInfectious agentReservoirportal of exittrasmission: direct & indirect contractContact indications & barrier protectionDroplet
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transmission
Droplet indications & barrier protection
Airborne transmission
Airborne indications & barrier protection
Protective isolation indications & environment
Vector
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
Primary defense mechanisms
How can nursing care support the body's natural primary defenses against infection?
Goals in infection control
lifestyle factors that decrease infection risk
Local infection
systemic infection
primary infection
secondary infection
acute infection
chronic infection
latent infection
exogenous infection
endogenous
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