How Infection Strikes : Video : This program covers the various ways in which infection is transmitted and how the likelihood of contracting disease can be minimized by taking certain precautions: hand washing to avoid transmitting skin-carried bacteria; precautions against salmonella, staphylococcus, and clostridium; refrigeration and cooking; keeping cooking and eating utensils clean; washing hands after using the bathroom; covering the nose and mouth when sneezing and coughing; cleaning and disinfecting lesions. The program also covers the role of immunization and vaccination in preventing infection, and explains both how unborn babies can pick up infections across the placenta from their mothers and how they can take up antibodies from their mothers while breast-feeding. It makes a particular point of the dangers of infection to intravenous drug abusers, who are more than likely to inject themselves with a host of pathogens as well. (20 minutes)


			How Infection Strikes

This program covers the various ways in which infection is transmitted and how the likelihood of contracting disease can be minimized by taking certain precautions: hand washing to avoid transmitting skin-carried bacteria; precautions against salmonella, staphylococcus, and clostridium; refrigeration and cooking; keeping cooking and eating utensils clean; washing hands after using the bathroom; covering the nose and mouth when sneezing and coughing; cleaning and disinfecting lesions. The program also covers the role of immunization and vaccination in preventing infection, and explains both how unborn babies can pick up infections across the placenta from their mothers and how they can take up antibodies from their mothers while breast-feeding. It makes a particular point of the dangers of infection to intravenous drug abusers, who are more than likely to inject themselves with a host of pathogens as well. (20 minutes)

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