HUMAN ANATOMY

AND
PHYSIOLOGY….

PRESENTED BY….
Nihilanantham R
MBA (HA)
 WHAT IS INFECTION
CONTROL…
• In health care and public health practice settings, infection control
includes various measures that prevent and contain the spread of
infectious disease. These measures include:
• Hand Washing
• Infection control standard, contact, droplet and airborne precautions
• Procedures for decontamination of persons and disinfection of
equipment and the environment
• Control of the vectors of infection
CHAIN OF INFECTION …
 WHAT IS RESERVOIR….

•  “Reservoirs” are the places on and in our bodies and

in the environment where germs. live. Germs
frequently spread between and among these reservoirs.
 MODE OF TRANSMISSION…
• An infectious agent may be transmitted from its natural reservoir to a susceptible host in
different ways. There are different classifications for modes of transmission. Here is one
classification:
• Direct
• Direct contact
• Droplet spread
• Indirect
• Airborne
• Vehicleborne
• Vectorborne (mechanical or biologic)
 MODE OF TRANSMISSION IN
MALARIA….

• Malaria spreads when a mosquito becomes infected with the

disease after biting an infected person, and the infected
mosquito then bites a noninfected person. The malaria parasites
enter that person's bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the
parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells.
MALARIA TRANSMISSION CYCLE…
 INDIRECT TRANSMISSION….
• Malaria is the indirect transmission contact…