Microbiology · Chapter 11

Infection & Epidemiology

How infection travels, and how an outbreak is counted

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Six lessons cover this chapter. Open any of them on its own below, or meet it in place inside chapter 11 of the book. Tick a lesson off once you can predict what it will do before you touch it.

1

The Chain of Infection

Read the six links of one outbreak. Cut one and see the spread stop.

2

Routes of Transmission

Pick a route and set the distance. Add cover and see if the germ still lands.

3

Endemic · Epidemic · Pandemic

Add a wave of cases. Watch the curve cross the outbreak line and spread.

4

Outbreak Math

Work out incidence, prevalence, R nought and the share that must be immune.

5

The Big Four HAIs

Pick a device infection and work out its rate. Then check off its bundle.

6

Precautions & the Right PPE

Pick a germ and get the precaution level. Then dress the figure correctly.

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