Infection Interview Report

The interview I conducted took place in the city of Panorama on a Friday (May 20, 2016) after noon at 2:00pm. The interview was conducted inside Clinica Medical San Miguel and the doctor whom was interviewed was DR. Mariano Panes. Dr. Panes has his Medical Degree and was received from the University of Santo Tomas in 1976. Dr. Panes has thirty- six years of experience within the medical field and is a primary care doctor in general practice. He is currently affiliated with four hospitals around the LA County. The interview began at 12: 45pm and ended 12:55pm. The following questions that were asked are as followed, what is in your experience in your field the greatest threat related to infectious diseases? And what kinds of solutions do you
Infection prevention breaks the chain of infection and interrupts the infectious disease process. Routine practice should be used with all patient care, to prevent and control transmission of microorganisms in all health care facilities. The basic elements of Routine Practice are risk assessment, hand hygiene, environmental control, administrative control, and personal protective equipment. When assessing patients it is important to asses the risk of contamination of skin, clothing, blood, bodily fluids, secretions, excretions, tissues, exposures to non-intact skin, and recognize the symptoms of infection such as diarrhea, vomiting, cough and fever. It is also important to ask for the patients travel history. When Patients travel it allows movement of infectious diseases within a short time period and they themselves may not be aware. Hand Hygiene is also important and should be done correctly. It is the best defense against germs and getting sick. Good Hand Hygiene can also reduce the spread of illness for both children and adults. Hand sanitizer is also a great use in killing most germs. Another solution that is very important to reduce the risk of infection to staff and patient is to keep care equipment in good repair and follow well cleaning procedures to avoid any spread of
During the first lectures I learned that Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are all infectious agents, which if given the opportunity can enter and survive in the body. Infectious diseases are a leading health related issues in societies such as developing counties and elderly population. However, through my experience in volunteering in a hospital and interviewing Dr. Panes taking precaution is the number one steps in avoiding infectious diseases. This relates to the class because infectious agents need reservoirs in order to survive, reproduce and transmit. A reservoir is any person, animal or plant in which can substance an infectious agent normally that can live and multiple. However, through out this course I learned that the majority of humans are the most common reservoirs of infectious agent. In order to provide the best care for the infected individual it is important to understand the five requirements for infection. Knowing how an organism gains entry and how it spreads are vital to care for the infected individual and it allows for the implementation to limit the spread and also help understand the