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Transmission of infectious agents within a healthcare setting requires a certain sequencing of elements that allows infection to occur. What is this called?.

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More specifically, transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, is conveyed by some mode of transmission, and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. This sequence is sometimes called the chain of infection.

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