Reflective Journal #1 The Learning Experience: In clinical last week‚ I had a patient who was methacillin resistant staphylococcus aureus positive resulting in the implication of contact precautions. It was the first time I had to deal with family members questioning the care we were providing for their loved one found. I found it fairly easy to describe MRSA as it is seen so often in the hospital. I explained to her what MRSA is and how to protect yourself from the bacteria. It was a good learning
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Introduction Gram staining was developed by Christian Gram in the 1800’s‚ a Danish bacteriologist. (Smith and Hussey‚ 2005) It was the first differential staining technique and most common used in microbiology. Furthermore‚ bacteria are transparent and cannot be seen through the microscope. For that reason‚ Gram staining is an important tool for distinguishing between two main types of bacteria Gram-positive and Gram-negative. The Gram stain differentiates the Gram positive and gram-negative on
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(2pt): Testing antimicrobial props in soaps 2) INTRODUCTION (6 pts): In this experiment we wanted to test how effective different types of soaps against E. Coli. For this experiment we were interested in looking at antimicrobial soaps vs. non-antibiotics soaps in their effectiveness to kill E. Coli. The protocol that we used was the Kirby Bauer technique. This technique was used to test the antimicrobial properties of each soaps. (“Kirby-Bauer” 2015). 3) METHODS (6 pts): We first started by making
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which was altered to an extent. The development was done by a company known to be Swiss‚ called "Ciba-Geiby". That which was debated dealt with the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) stating that "A gene resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin used in an early stage of the developmental process‚ could theoretically be passed to man via bacteria lodged in the gut of animals which eat the maize unprocessed (559)". In response to this attack‚ the company said that there would
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It is common to prescribe antibiotics or ingestible medicine to cure allergies‚ illnesses‚ or diseases. As the human body becomes immune to today’s medicine choices‚ the alternatives to turn to are becoming scarce. However‚ Dr. William Parker suggests that there is an alternative to curing the autoimmune illnesses of the human body- one that has been writhing through the stomach for millennia: intestinal worms. Parker raises the idea that intestinal worms are beneficial to immune systems in mammals
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technologies have enormous potential to help humanity as a whole‚ but the bacteria also has the power to harm and destroy. This is what most of us think of when we picture bacteria. MRSA is a circular bacteria that are known for being resistant to antibiotics. Severe cases can cause patients to lose limbs or even die. This is the tremendous power of bacteria. Less than 200 cells of MRSA can infect and kill a human being of an estimated 70 million cells. We have known about bacteria for 330 years of our
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Punch biopsy results and side effects By Jonas Wilson‚ Ing. Med. Punch biopsies require puncturing the skin to obtain tissue for microscopic and histo-pathological examination. A tube-shaped sharp cutting tool is rotated through the skin to the subcutaneous fat to obtain a cylindrically shaped specimen. This sample undergoes tissue fixation‚ preparation of slides and staining for microscopy or storage in solution for bacterial or viral culturing. Primary indications for punch biopsy are suspicious
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of the reasons for why I wanted to get involved in this kind of scientific work. Part of my interest in microbes eventually led to me interning at a lab at my local university. Instead of working on viruses and acne‚ I worked with bacteria and antibiotic resistance. Still learning about the itty bitty squishy parts of life and their weird chemicals is pretty cool. In fact‚ I wrote and presented a poster at a conference about how bacteria communicate with each other through chemical signals that
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Achromobacter‚ Stenotrophomonas and Delftia were the predominant bacteria rather than Pseudomonas in patient having contact lens related corneal diseases. These genera’s exhibits physiological properties similar to Pseudomonas but have different antibiotic resistance pattern. The interaction with antimicrobial contact lens storage cases with these three clinically rare gram negative bacteria is still
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Did you know that Methicillin – Resistant Staphylococcus Areaus‚ also know as MRSA is a frequent infection found in medical facilities? MRSA is a strain of staph that is resistant to common antibiotics and can be very difficult to treat. Staph is short for Staphylococcus; staph is a harmless bacteria which resides on the surface of all your skin. Usually this is not a problem until a person punctures their skin. They then face the risk of staph infection (Kidshealth.org 2012). MRSA frequents
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