nosocomial infection

Nosocomial Infection/ Health care Associated Infection Hospital acquired or nosocomial infections are defined as infection developing in patients after admission to the hospital, which were neither present nor in incubation at the time of hospitalization. Causes of Hospital Acquired Infection Sources of Nosocomial Infections Common types of hospital Acquired Infection Modes of Transmission of Hospital Acquired infection Type of HAIs Infection; There are main modes of transmission; Mode of transmission Air Direct and indirect contact Droplet; sneezing, coughing, talking Endogenous Common source Vectors Infected Reservoir

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hospital-acquired infections

Hospital Acquired Infection/ Nosocomial Infection/ Health care Associated Infection Hospital acquired or nosocomial infections are defined as infection developing in patients after admission to the hospital, which were neither present nor in incubation at the time of hospitalization. Causes of Hospital Acquired Infection Sources of Nosocomial Infections Common types of hospital Acquired Infection Modes of Transmission of Hospital Acquired infection Type of HAIs Infection; There are main modes of transmission; Mode of transmission Air Direct and indirect contact Droplet; sneezing, coughing, talking Endogenous Common source

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kochs postulates

Koch’s Postulates or Koch’s Laws According to Koch’postulates a microorganism can accepted as the causative agent of an infectious diseases only if the following conditions are satisfied – The microorganism must be found in abundance in all organism suffering from disease. (should be regularly found in the lesions of disease). The organism must be isolated from the diseased animal and grown in pure culture. (should possible to isolate the organism in pure culture from the lesions.) The isolated microorganism should cause the same disease when

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Robert Koch

Robert Koch (1843-1910) Father of Bioteriology, father of microbial techniques Father of medical microbiology. Contributions are- Koch’s Postulates or Koch’s Laws According to Koch’postulates a microorganism can accepted as the causative agent of an infectious diseases only if the following conditions are satisfied – The microorganism must be found in abundance in all organism suffering from disease. (should be regularly found in the lesions of disease). The organism must be isolated from the diseased animal and grown in pure culture. (should possible to isolate the

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microbiology terminology

A localized collection of pus. Depend upon stimulation of person’s immunological mechanism. An organisms which requires O2 to live and reproduction. To joint together to form clump. An abnormal sensitive reaction. A few organisms not requiring O2 to live or reproduce. Containing no water A globin produced in the body in response to antigen or foreign bodies. Any substance which can cause the production of antibodies. Antigen are molecules capable of stimulating an immune response. A substance used to kill microorganisms. It is the product

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communicable and non-communicable diseases

What is Communicable Diseases (CDs)? Communicable diseases are known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases or contagious diseases. Communicable disease illnesses caused by infection, presence, and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. List of Communicable Diseases (CDS) Communicable Diseases (CDs) are – What is Non – Communicable Diseases (NCDs)? Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are not passed from person to person means diseases that can’t be directly transmitted between people. NCDs also known

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