STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Definitions Bacteriostatic Agent: An agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria‚ but does not necessarily kill them. Bactericide: An agent that kills bacteria. Most do not kill Endospores. Sporicide: An agent that kills spores. Definition STERILIZATION The process of freeing an article from microorganisms including their spores. By definition‚ it effects a reduction in the number of microorganisms (more than 99.9999% are killed). Methods
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Personal hygiene - refers to practices that lead to cleanliness and health preservation. Examples of personal hygiene practices include hair cutting‚ shaving‚ brushing teeth‚ bathing daily‚ nail clipping‚ etc. personal hygiene is also refer to good personal appearance. hygiene encourages personal health. Everyone automatically has personal hygiene. Some people do it better than others. The idea is to keep your body hair and teeth clean‚ and use things like deodorants scents and mouthwash appropriately
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and a little bit of disgust as I explained that it was my ultimate dream to become a dental hygienist. “What if a child bites you?” “The human mouth is disgusting!” Listening to people question and insult my dreams only further enhanced my dedication to this occupation. I was determined to prove them wrong; to prove that I could achieve this. For a long time‚ I feared I may not have the qualities to become a dental
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Dental Hygienists are members in the developing field of dentistry. The main function of Dental Hygienists is to examine patients mouth’s for diseases‚ and abnormalities‚ educating their patients on maintaining proper oral hygiene‚ and keeping healthy teeth and gums. In the near future‚ the dentistry field has significant job placement and earning. Dental Hygienists also have the opportunity for caring‚ and dedicating their time to individuals to help impact the overall health of the society. When
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All of these career are related to being a nurse as they are in the healthcare/medical field. In my opinion I would love this job. The reason why i think that i would personally love this job is because id get so much fulfillment out of it. It is just simply knowing the fact that what i was doing throughout my work day‚ all of it was contributed to helping someone and making a difference. For
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Impact of a standardized hand hygiene program on the incidence of nosocomial infection in very low birth weight infants Maria Grazia Capretti‚ MD‚a Fabrizio Sandri‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Tridapalli‚ MD‚a Silvia Galletti‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Petracci‚ MD‚b and Giacomo Faldella‚ PhDa Bologna‚ Italy Background: This study examined the effects of a standardized hand hygiene program on the rate of nosocomial infection (NI) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ‚ 1500 g) admitted to our neonatal
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STUDY TO MONITOR THE HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF KOHINOOR HOSPITAL. BY Ms. MADHURI GAWAS ROLL No. 92642 Student of the post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Health Care Management 20010-2011 CERTIFIED THAT THIS IS THE BONAFIDE WORK OF MS. MADHURI GAWAS STUDENT OF POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HOSPITAL & HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT OF SYMBIOSIS CENTRE OF HEALTH CARE [SCHC] CARRIED OUT AT KOHINOOR HOSPITAL‚ KURLA WEST‚ MUMBAI- 400
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the social hand wash and the use of alcohol rubs. According to Pirie (2010) hand hygiene is very important to perioperative practice and over the years has become more important for health care workers. Muralidhar and Muralidhar (2007) indicated that HCAIs are a major problem to patients and the health services as a whole; HCAIs are increasing and hospitals are struggling to maintain high standards of hygiene to keep out HCAIs. A health care worker has a variety of pathogens‚ including bacteria
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A pig likes to eat dirt. A buffalo likes to wallow in mud. A donkey likes dust the best for this purpose. Similarly‚ most of other animals like dirt and garbage in one way or the other. It is only man who does not like such things. It is very important for us to observe personal cleanliness. We should wear well-washed clothes. We should have a bath daily. We should pare our nails regularly. We should keep our houses neat and clean. Dirt which often gathers in corners‚ harbours bacteria of all
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Module One 1.) This article was published March-April‚ 2001. 2.) The two main type are resident flora and transient flora. 3.) Hand hygiene is used to prevent the colonization of transient flora. It includes hand washing and disinfection. Hand washing refers to washing hands with an unmedicated detergent and water or water alone. Its objective is to prevent cross-transmission by removing dirt and loose transient flora. 4.) Hand disinfection refers to use of an antiseptic solution to clean
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