Infection‚ Prevention and Control M3 M3- Review a risk assessment in relation to infection‚ prevention and control undertaken at a health or social care work placement. What is a hazard? A hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm. Risk is the likelihood of that harm. For example hazards in terms of infection control are pathogens. Some pathogens are considered a greater risk to others‚ for example MRSA (super bug) or Clostridium difficile. What casues pathogens to grow? Baceteria
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Swine flu infection (SIV) which is normal all through pig populace around the world. This infection is a reassortant which contains the genes of swine‚ avian and human flu infection. The flu infection is a negative sense RNA infection of the family Orthomyxoviridae with 3 genera – Influenza A‚ B and C Influenza A is further sub-typed into 16 particular H sorts and 9 N sorts based in the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase antigens on the surface of the virus. Every year new strains of the infection rise
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Bactrim is an antibiotic used to treat and prevent infection such as UTI’s‚ ear infections‚ shigellosis‚ and bronchitis. Streptococcal infections of certain groups should not be treated with Bactrim. Bactrim can be passed through breast milk and can harm the nursing child. Pregnant women are not directly informed to not take Bactrim but the unborn children may experience side effects or congenital malformations. Severe manifestations of side effects associated with Bactrim may occur when a patient
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Athlete’s foot is an infection caused when fungi invade the skin. It occurs on the bottom of feet and/or between toes and is highly contagious. If left untreated‚ it can: • Spread to other parts of the body • Invade and destroy the nail plates of your toenails • Hinder athletic performance Symptoms include burning‚ itching‚ cracking and scaling. How’d I get it? It’s most commonly picked up by walking barefoot in a locker room‚ public pool or shower area. People are most susceptible when their feet
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upper respiratory infection. When bacteria or virus is seen‚ it leads to the presence of pus and mucus that will block the eustachian tube. Otitis media with effusion occurs when there is an indication of serous fluids (Jarvis‚ (2016)). Most importantly‚ otitis media is more common in
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get STDs and it couldn’t or wouldn’t happen to them‚ when in fact it can. Studies have represented that the genital herpes infection is most common in the United States‚ and over the past decade the percentage of Americans with this infection has remained stable. This infection is more common in women‚ one out of five women from the age group of 14 to 49 contract this infection‚ whereas the same age range is said to be contracted in about one out of nine men. Transmission from an infected male to his
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Bordetella pertussis also commonly known as whooping cough is a very contagious respiratory infection. This infection is caused by a gram negative coccobacillus. This organism damages ciliated epithelium in the nasopharynx and bronchioles. The toxin produced by Bordetella pertussis paralyses the cilia‚ causes tissue inflammation‚ and leads to impaired mucus clearance. In serious cases lymphocytosis occurs due to the inhibition of phagocytic functions‚ leading to a formation of a mucus exudate. The
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people. This infection is called Whooping Cough. “Whooping cough‚ or pertussis‚ is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussi.” The reason for the name is because when you have this illness‚ the end of your cough has a “whooping” sound. The reason it creates this whooping sound is because of the “inflammation and swelling of the laryngeal structures that vibrate when there is a rapid inflow of air during inspiration.” When one has this infection‚ it usually
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Elizabeth Segura HPRS 1304 Elizabeth Segura Childhood Illnesses and Injuries Essay Five common childhood illnesses are chickenpox‚ colds‚ croup‚ diarrhea‚ and ear infections. Starting off with chickenpox‚ it’s a contagious illness that is caused by varicella-zoster virus and may be transmitted by sneezes‚ coughs‚ or shared food or drinks by an infected person. There is a higher risk of getting chickenpox when a person has not had the chickenpox vaccine. The first symptoms start appearing
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Virus and Bacteria Virus - A virus is a capsule of protein that contains genetic material. A virus cannot reproduce on its own; it must infect a living cell to grow. Bacteria - Bacteria are one-celled organisms that live on their own. They can multiply and reproduce by subdivision Bacteria and viruses cause many of the diseases we are familiar with and may sound synonymous; they are greatly different from each other. [pic] o They differ greatly in size. The biggest viruses are only as large
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