Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care
Infection control and prevention
How infection is transmitted:
Direct contact with infected person or their bodily
fluids
Indirect contact – transferred onto other surfaces
Airborne – from skin scales or droplets in the air
Self-infection from own body’s germs
Insects
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Infection control and prevention
How infection is transmitted:
Direct contact with infected person or their bodily
fluids
Indirect contact – transferred onto other surfaces
Airborne – from skin scales or droplets in the air
Self-infection from own body’s germs
Insects
© Pearson Education Ltd 2017. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only.