Chapter: Medical Surgical Nursing: Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases
The Infectious Process
A complete chain of events is necessary for infection to occur.
The
Infectious Process
A complete chain of
events is necessary for infection to occur. Figure 70-1 illustrates the
elements of the chain and identifies weak links where health care workers’
interventions can interrupt the chain. The necessary elements of infection
include the following:
• A causative organism
• A reservoir of available organisms
• A portal or mode of exit from the reservoir
• A mode of transmission from reservoir to host
• A susceptible host
• A mode of entry to host
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