face muscles and could kill you. When I saw tetanus on the list on Edmodo‚ I just knew I had to learn more about it. I am so glad that I chose it and have enjoyed learning more about it. Tetanus‚ also known as lockjaw‚ is caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. The bacteria thrives in places like dirt‚ dust‚ mature‚ and sometimes in the intestines of people and animals. That means if you
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Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii. There are five main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulinum toxin. Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum. Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria‚ which then grow
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Surveillance of surgical site infection. Available: http://www.hpa.org.uk. Last accessed April 2013. Hough‚ Andrew. (2011). Record number of infections in Nhs. Available: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health. Last accessed April 2013 NHS. (2012). Preventing Clostridium difficile infections. Available: http://www.nhs.uk. Last accessed April 2013.
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States. About 25% of the cases result from food‚ while 72% are infant botulism and 3% are wound botulism. Food-borne botulism is usually caused by eating home-canned foods that are contaminated with the toxin botulin. Botulin is produced by Clostridium botulinum‚ which is the name of a group of bacteria commonly found in soil. The bacteria grow best in low-oxygen conditions. The bacteria form spores that enable them to survive in an inactive state until exposed to conditions that may support
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HCA 602 – Managerial Epidemiology National University October 2009 Marine Corps Recruit Depot is a Military training Command located in San Diego‚ California. Each month 500 young men are recruited and placed together in Recruit Enlisted quarters for the duration of their 12 weeks basictraining. The marine recruits share common facilities in this berthing such as bathrooms‚ dining area and recreational areas along with their training staff. These Marine recruits also perform very rigid physical
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Q1A: What is a fecal transplant (also called a fecal microbiome transplant‚ or a poop transplant)? Fecal transplant is to obtain fecal‚ or poop‚ sample‚ mix it with saline‚ and place it in patients. This treatment is used to treat clostridium difficile infection which is caused invasion of an anaerobic‚ gram-negative‚ spore-forming bacteria. This invasion is due to the treatment of antibiotics. When a patient acquires antibiotics‚ all the good bacteria is suppressed‚ and the purpose of fecal transplant
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Botulism Description Botulism is a rare but very serious paralytic illness that is caused by botulinum toxin(potentially deadly neurotoxin) which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The botulinum toxin can enter the body in 3 main ways: by the ingestion of the toxin from eating foods that contain the botulism toxin (food borne botulism)‚ by the contamination of a wound by the bacterium in which the toxin is produced (wound botulism) and Infant botulism which is caused
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issue in underdeveloped countries. Clostridium tetani is the obligate anaerobic gram positive endospore that is responsible for the disease tetanus. Clostridium tetani spores are ubiquitous. They can be found in soil‚ animal feces and manure. Clostridium tetani spores can tolerate temperature of more than 100 degrees Celsius. Tetanus is the only disease that is vaccine preventable and its infection is not contagious (Walker). Tetanus occurs when Clostridium tetani spores enter the body through
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TASMANIAN INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL UNIT Evaluating environmental cleanliness in hospitals and other healthcare settings What are the most effective and efficient methods to use? Page 0 of 31 Evaluating environmental cleanliness in hospitals and other healthcare settings What are the most effective and efficient methods to use? Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit (TIPCU) Department of Health and Human Services‚ Tasmania Published 2012 Copyright—Department of Health
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Reflective Essay Word count 1‚000 Placement ‚ Infection Control Team Dip/HE Adult Nursing 02/09 This reflective essay is based upon my experience working alongside the Infection Prevention and Control Support Nurses at the general hospital. As part of my learning experience as a 2nd year student nurse is to accompany the infection control nurses when visiting the wards The role of the IPCSN involved teaching‚ educating and advising all disciplines across
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