INFECTION CONTROL
INFECTION CONTROL INTRODUCTION: Infection involves interaction between the animal body (host) and the injecting microorganism. Practice or techniques that prevent transmission of infection protect clients and health care workers from disease. Clients in all health care setting are at risks for acquiring infections because of lower resistance to infectious microorganisms, increase exposure to numbers and types of disease and causing microorganisms and invasive procedures. NATURE OF INFECTION: An infection is the entry and multiplication of an infectious agent in the tissue of a host. - If the infectious agent (pathogen) fails to cause injury to cells or tissues, the pathogen is colonizing the cells or tissues without causing harm. - If the pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms, the infection is symptomatic. - If the infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a c