Transcript CAUSES OF INFECTION

MODULE TWO
AIM
To understand the causes and spread of
infection and be able to apply the principles
of infection prevention and control
OBJECTIVES
To understand the types of micro-organisms and
how they grow
To be able to identify the types of infections
micro-organisms cause
CAUSES OF INFECTION
MICRO ORGANISMS
THERE ARE BILLIONS
OF THEM
CANNOT BE SEEN BY
HUMAN EYE
CAN BE PATHOGENIC
OR NON
PATHOGENIC
Terms
Infection
colonisation
The presence
of a harmful
microorganism s in
the body
When microorganisms
multiply in the
tissues but cause no
signs or symptoms
of disease
Localised
infection
Systemic
infection
Infection
affecting a
specific area
of the body
Infection
affecting the
whole body
Activity
 Please complete question four in your workbook
GROUPS OF MICRO-ORGANISMS
VIRUSES
BACTERIA
FUNGI
PROTOZOA
SMALLEST
CAN LIE
DORMANT
THEN
BECOME
ACTIVE
QUICKLY
DIE
OUTSIDE
OF HOST
VARY IN
SHAPE
VIRUSES
NEED A
HOST
MEASLES
HEPATITIS
MUMPS
VIRAL
DISEASES
INFLUENZA
CHICKEN POX
HIV
THE AIDS VIRUS
THE CHICKENPOX VIRUS
THE FLU VIRUS
LARGER
THAN
VIRUSES
CAN LIE
DORMANT
THEN
BECOME
ACTIVE
VARY IN
SHAPE
BACTERIA
CAN LIVE
OUTSIDE
HOST
MILLIONS
EXIST ONLY A
FEW ARE
PATHOGENIC
GASTRO
ENTERITIS
SYPHILIS
MENINGITIS
BACTERIAL
DISEASES
GANGERENE
TUBERCULOSIS
PNEUMONIA
BACTERIAL BLOB
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
E-COLI BACTERIA
BACTERIAL INFECTION
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
A SIMPLE
PLANT
CAN CAUSE
ILLNESS
AND
DEATH
SOME ARE
HARMFUL
A PARASITE
FUNGI
CAN BE
BENEFICIAL
ATHLETES
FOOT
NAIL DISEASE
ORAL CANDIDA
FUNGAL
DISEASES
SKIN DISEASE
VAGINAL
CANDIDA
RINGWORM
FUNGI
RINGWORM
SKIN FUNGUS
TOENAIL FUNGUS
SMALL
PRIMATIVE
ANIMAL
APPROX
30
ONLY ONE
CELL
HARMFUL
PARASITES
LARGER
THAN
BACTERIA
PROTOZOA
LARGER
THAN
VIRUSES
MALARIA
THREAD WORMS
DYSENTRY
PROTOZOA
DISEASES
CRYPTOSPRIDIUM
TRICHOMONAS
TOXOPLASMOSIS
MOSQUITO
MALARIA
THREADWORMS
PROVIDE
TIME
HOW TO GROW
PATHOGENIC MICRO
ORGANISMS
PROVIDE
WARMTH
PROVIDE
MOISTURE
PROVIDE
FOOD
Test your knowledge
Please complete the crossword
QUESTIONS
Activity
Please complete question five and six in your workbook
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