Part of Unit: Infection Control and Universal Precautions Lesson
Plan Overview / Details In this lab activity students learn how
bloodborne pathogens are transmitted and the method at which
people can be infected. This lab demonstrates the spread of a
disease in a population. - 60 Minutes California Career and
Technical Education Standards Objectives and Goals - Students
will run a lab and determine who the original infected person(s)
was. - Understand how the infection process can spread in a
population. Activities in this Lesson - Setup - Other To setup
for this lab you need to have Simulated Body Fluid (Water is the
easy substance and it is free) a cup or other small container
for each student, a testing agent (preferably one that will make
a color change), and a simulated exposure element to mix into
only one student cup, a small vial or another cup can be used to
take the original sample of each individual to be tested after
the original infected person has been found. You can purchase
this complete lab