Hepatitis B

Research

Legionnaires
disease

BIOLOGIC
AL
HAZARD

Agriculture

INDUSTRIES WHICH
EXPOSED

E-bola
Healthcare

HIV
Clinical lab

Biotechnology

Bio-safety
Disconnect the elements
in the infection chain

Etiological agent
Agent that causes the
actual disease

Environment
Comprises living and nonliving organisms

Biological agent
Comprises living
organisms

Host
The habitat of the agent

Biological
term

Agent
Physical, radiological or
chemical entity that may
cause certain effects
upon exposure

Infection
Attack by a pathogenic
organism, whether resulting
in disease or not

Interaction Between Agent, Host and Environment

Helalth
status
Managemen
t system
Training
Use of PPE

E
n
vi
ro
m
e
nt

H
os
t

Vector,
carrier
Replacemen
t of
pathogens
Antibiotic
resistance

Population
density
Medical
support
services
Design of
facilities

Agent

Host

Enviroment

A
g
e
nt

Pathogen

Retention

Release
from
retention

Transmissi
on on
through
enviroment

Route of
entry

Susceptibl
e host

Infection control may be successful by breaking one or more of the links in the
infection chain.
Transportatio
Transportatio
n
n of
of
biological
biological
agents
agents
Managem
Managem
ent
ent of
of BioBioSafety
Safety
Program
Program

Accident
Accident and
and
emergency
emergency
planning
planning

Transportation
of biological
agents

Management of Bio-Safety Program

Accident and emergency planning

Safety
precautio
ns

Biological
Biological
communication
communication
risk
risk

Administ
Administ
rative
rative
controls
controls

Biological communication risk

Administrative controls
Physical
Physical
isolation
isolation

*when working with

biological agent

Physical isolation

Disinfection
Disinfection
and
and
sterilization
sterilization

Disinfection and sterilization