Infection
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| Contagious | Can be spread to other people.
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| Chain of Infection | Factors that must be present for an infection to result.
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| Reservoirs | Humans, insects, food, and water provide food for microorganisms and allow them to multiply.
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| Formites | nonliving materials that house microorganisms.
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| Portals of Exit | Escape routes in humans that allow microorganisms to leave.
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| Mode of Transmission | The way a disease is passed along.
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| Portal of Entry | Means for pathogens to get into the host or environment.
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| Host | Something that is capable of becoming or has been infected.
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| Immunity | A state of not being susceptible to pathogens.
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| Healthcare-Associated Infection (HSI) | When in a health care facility, a patient can get infections unrelated to their illness.
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| Surgical Asepsis | Sterilization of any item that penetrates the skin or comes into contact with a normally sterile part of the body.
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| Infectious Agent | A pathogen that can cause sickness.
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| Medical Asepsis | Reduces the number of pathogens.
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| Carrier Host | Hosts that do not show any outward signs or symptoms of a disease but are still capable of transmitting the disease are known as carriers.
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