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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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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Clostridium Difficile Anna Kay Mew BIOL 210 Summer 2013 Frank D Boone June 11‚ 2013 Clostridium Difficile The healthcare professional can expect to encounter various conditions within their scope of experience. Clostridium difficile represents one of the most common and challenging nosocomial infections that can cause life-threatening complications such as hypervolemia‚ sepsis‚ pain‚ and peritonitis (Grossman and Mager 155). The recognition‚ diagnosis‚ treatment and inhibition
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dehydration. Her initial symptoms were stomach pains progressing to diarrhea. Antibiotics such as Clindamycin‚ cephalosporins‚ and penicillins are linked pseudomembranous colitis. What is the reservoir for Clostridium difficile? The reservoir of Clostridium difficile is the colon. The Clostridium infection is treated with high doses of antibiotics‚ fluids‚ and pressors. The use of antibiotics in farm animals is to increase their weight; farm animals suffer from small infections throughout their
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One Bad Semester I don’t know if it was bad luck or fate. All throughout high school I never got sick or had a major injury or one set back. But after high school my life and all of that changed drastically. Out of high school I signed with West Virginia to play baseball and pursue Criminal Justice. Everything was going great up until late August when I suffered a knee injury‚ and it all started to go downhill from there. From the injury‚ to knee surgery‚ to a freak infection plagued my worst semester
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Superbugs are becoming a big problem in the world‚ but what are superbugs? Superbugs is a bacteria that becomes resistant to antibiotic drugs they carry genes that are resistant to antibiotic drugs and cannot stop the bacteria from multiplying (Staff 1). You might know of superbugs by the term multidrug-resistant bacteria. This mostly happens when people overuse antibiotics and their body becomes immune to those drugs. In very severe cases people with extremely weak immune systems usually die if
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Botox: Almost Trouble-free New Faces. Opportunity: Botox is marketed by a pharmaceutical firm named Allergan. It is founded in 1950‚ Allergan‚ Inc. in Irvine‚ California. Allergan is a multi-specialty health care company that discovers‚ develops and commercializes medical products. Botox is protein derived from botulism toxin that is injected underneath skin in order to minimize or smooth outlines and wrinkles on the face. Allergan was just a small firm until the firm started selling Botox‚ which
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What people need to know about Botox By: Amanda Vanhoogen When I first thought about BOTOX‚ I thought of a simple procedure that people‚ like movies stars‚ singers‚ rich people‚ and self-conscious people went‚ and had done to get rid of a few wrinkles. I did not think anything could go wrong. Then my aunt decided to have BOTOX done for a few unwanted wrinkles. She ended p in the hospital for about three weeks because she failed to ask any questions on whether or not the doctor was trained
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