Aseptic control

Infection (Invasion)
Asepsis (absence)
Medical Asepsis (Clean technique) –reduce
Surgical Asepsis (Sterile technique) –free/zero
Sepsis (presence)
Septicemia (infection with body or blood)
Carrier (harbor pathogens)
Contact (expose)
Reservoir (habitat)
Sterilization (spores destroyed)
Disinfectant (inanimate object)
Antiseptic (person)
Bactericidal (kill) –chemical
Bacteriostatic (prevent) –agent
Contamination (rendered unclean)
Disinfection (pathogen destroyed)
Communicable disease (can be transferred)
Infectious disease (invasion and multiplication)
Pathogen (disease produce)
Pathogenecity –(ability) to produce disease
Nosocomial infection –hospital acquired infection
Isolation (separation)
Isolation technique (practice)
Etiology –study of causes
Intact skin and mucous membrane (first line of defense)

Chain of Infection
1. Etiologic
2. Reservior
3. Portal of exit
4. Modes of transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host

Transmission
1. Contact –direct and indirect
2. Droplet –secretions
3. Vehicle –contaminated items
4. Airborne –particles
5. Vectorborne –animals, inanimate objects
 Aseptic control

Immunization
 Active Natural –body /life long
 Active Artificial –vaccines/requires booster inoculation after many years
 Passive Natural –mother to babies/placenta
 Passive Artificial –antibody/immune serum from animal or human

Stages of Infectious Process

1. Incubation (entry)
2. Prodromal (onset)
3. Illness (develop/evident)
4. Convalescent (returns to normal)