Assignment on Infection Control System
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Added on 2020-04-01
Assignment on Infection Control System
Added on 2020-04-01
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Running head: INFECTION CONTROL 1Infection ControlNameInstitution
INFECTION CONTROL 2Infection Control P1Explain how infections are caused by different Pathogens There are diverse types of pathogens that cause infections. These are viruses, protozoans,bacteria, worms, and fungi. Pathogens have different routes of infections. First and for most,infections can be passed via direct inoculation. For instance, the intravenous drug users that shareneedles can pass HIV infections because of direct blood inoculation from those who are infected.However, infections can be caused due to inhalation of microorganisms or even spores that aresuspended in dust particles or in the air on water droplets (Smith et al., 2014). For instance,streptococcal infections are caused due to inhalation of bacterial spores into the respiratory tract.Flu also is caused by inhalation of droplets sneezed out by an infected person. Furthermore,pathogens can cause infection when food or water is contaminated. When pathogens such as a virus, bacteria, worms and viruses get into food and when thisfood is not well prepared, they are ingested into our system and they cause infections, for instance,cholera, typhoid and hepatitis infections are caused due to food and water contamination. Someparasites also cause infection in our bodies. They can spread via different ways (Smith et al.,2014). For instance, mosquito spreads malaria, giardia is caused via drinking contaminated water,and scabies is contracted via direct contact while threadworms and tapeworms cause infectionswhen ingested with food.P2 explain how pathogenic micro-organisms grow and spread. Pathogens have diverse modes of growing and spreading after infection into our bodies.Viruses cannot eat food or even grow on their own, however, they can multiply themselves when
INFECTION CONTROL 3they infect the living cell. When they attract the cells and colonize, they multiply and kill the cellthus making way to the next cells. The same process will continue when they enter nearby cells. Pathogenic bacteria grow via a geometric progression. The nucleus undergoes duplicationbefore cell division. The cells grow about twice its size and the nuclear then divides and the twodaughter cells get an identical set of chromosomes. The cells then separate and arraigned indifferent morphology, either singly, chains, clumps or pairs (Smith et al., 2014). These cells canthen spread via water, air or direct inoculation. Fungal infections can be divided intoenvironmentally or endogenous. Environmentally infections such as Aspergillus grow as asaprophyte in environmental niches like soil, compost and people get infected via spores’inhalations. However, endogenous infections such as Candida albicans form members of thehuman micro-biota and when conditions are favourable for them in the human body; they growand spread to the cell and tissues. On the other hand, parasites undergo several differentiationstages within their hosts. However, they need intermediate hosts for them to mature and tofacilitate their spreading to the final hostP3Demonstrate standard precaution that would be used to prevent the spread of infection in health or social settingThere are different precautions that can be taken to prevent infections in social setting orhealth. One of them is the hand hygiene. It most effective method to prevent infections. Oneshould wash hands with warm water and soap before eating any kind of food. Also, it is importantto wash vegetables and fruits before eating. This will wash away microorganisms that might be atsurfaces of such food. However, the utilization of protective equipment ought to be guided byhazard assessment and the extent of contact that is foreseen by fluids, blood, secretions, mucus,
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