Infection transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, is conveyed by some mode of transmission, and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. The six links that must all be present (and in sequential order) for an infection to develop are: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit from the reservoir, mode of […]

-
Recent Posts
- Contact Precautions are difficult for Nurses. Don’t despair – there’s hope.
- Adding Nasal Decolonization to Infection Prevention Bundles
- Update from Marshall Medical Center – Eliminating MRSA Contact Precautions
- Poster Abstract from ID Week 2016 – Reducing SSIR Rates with Nozin Nasal Sanitizer
- From Infection Control Today: Nasal Decolonization and HAI Prevention – Applications & Evidence by Sue Barnes
-
Archives
- June 2018
- May 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- December 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- January 2014