to prevent nosocomial infections. In Illinois‚ Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)‚ is charged with providing advice and guidance to the Secretary‚ Department of Health and Human Services; the Director‚ CDC and the Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)‚ regarding the practice of hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance‚ prevention‚ and control of healthcare-associated infections. Antimicrobial resistance
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“One study reports that at age thirteen‚ 53% of American girls are ‘unhappy with their bodies’. This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen” (Body 1).The growing figure of women with body dissatisfaction correlates with the rising statistics of girls developing eating disorders. The source of this unhappiness comes from‚ “images in the media today [that] project an unrealistic and even dangerous standard of feminine beauty that can have a powerful influence on the way women view themselves
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Introduction Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus‚ MRSA‚ is a common infection in a lot of hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and among those with weak immune systems. MRSA infections are mostly non-life threatening but can be fatal if left untreated due to its resistance to antibiotics commonly used. Even a healthy person can be a “carrier” and not be infected. To aid in the prevention of MRSA infection‚ hands should be washed using soap and water or cleansed with an alcohol-based hand
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(HBCA) Legislation Template Learning Outcome 1‚ Task 1‚ 1.1‚ 1.2 and 1.3 Criteria 1.1 Outline current legislation relevant to the home based childcarer. Using the information within the learning materials make a list here of current legislation Criteria 1.2 From your list of legislation for criteria 1.1 please now consider the areas of: Health and Safety Safeguarding‚ welfare and protection of children Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion Using the table template list 2 or 3 examples
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Assignment Task 1 Regulatory bodies and current legislations OFSTED Ofsted is the office for standards in Education‚ children’s services and skills. They make sure that people achieve excellence in care of children and young people. Ofsted assess children services in local areas and inspect services for looked after children ‚ safeguarding and child protection. Ofsted’s job is to check places that young people and children are looked after and the people who look after children and young people
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Executive Summary: Compliance Status Infection Control for Nightingale Community Hospital Nightingale Community Hospital is currently not up to standards on its infection control standards. As a top community hospital it is crucial to be providing a safe environment for patients and staff. The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) 7: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections number 2: Hand Hygiene is the standard that we need to bring up to par for the Joint Commission. From the safety
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on safe infection control techniques using ADPIE (Assessment‚ Diagnosis‚ Planning‚ Implementation‚ Evaluation) These will be written up to demonstrate the links between practice and the supporting theory. Direct observation (2): Infection control. Assessment Hand washing is extremely important in clinical areas‚ as it reduces the risk of infections. Infections are caused by organisms which invade the host’s defence mechanisms. Effective hand washing can reduce the risk of infections occurring
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Current legislation: Race Relations Act 1976 & 2000: Schools have obligation to uphold good relationships between people from different backgrounds. Schools now required to have a race equality policy in place. The legislation gave powers to tackle racism by making direct or indirect discrimination illegal. Code of Practise on the duty to promote race equality 2002 This is the government framework which assists schools to meet the requirements of the Race Relations Act 2000. It outlines
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Infection Control and the Dental Practice The purpose of infection control in dental practice is to prevent the transmission of disease-producing agents such as bacteria‚ viruses and fungi from one patient to another patient‚ from dental practitioner and dental staff to patients‚ and from patients to dental practitioner or other dental staff. In dental practice‚ microorganisms may be inhaled‚ implanted‚ ingested‚ injected‚ or splashed onto the skin or mucosa. They can spread by direct contact
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