After 9 weeks of learning Medical Terminology and Principles, we began Health Science this past week. Our first topic was infectious diseases, we learned how they can benefit you and also cause harm to the body. Some Infectious Diseases are very serious and hard to treat. Working in a field where you're exposed to hundreds of pathogens a day, you should be able to know how to protect yourself and patients from getting them. The Chain of Infection describes how the pathogen enters and leaves the body, knowing how to break it is important so you won't put other people in danger. Healthcare workers should have an understanding of each link (identification, host, portal of exit, mode of transmission, and portal of entry). For example, one day