Prevention and control of infection in care homes – an information resource i DH INFORMATION READER BOX Policy HR / Workforce Management Planning / Performance Clinical Commissioner Development Provider Development Improvement and Efficiency Document Purpose Best Practice Guidance Gateway Reference 17405 Title Prevention and control of infection in care homes - an information resource Author Department of Health and Health Protection Agency Publication
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Cases And Spread of Infections 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ and parasites. The difference between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites are: Viruses are coated genetic material that invade cells and use the cell’s apparatus for reproduction. 1.2 Identify common illness and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ and parasites. Bacteria Food poisoning‚ Bubonic plague‚ Bacterial meningitis‚ Cholera‚ Diphtheria‚ Rheumatic fever‚ Scarlet
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such as people neglecting to wash their hands‚ swallowing infected pool water‚ or houseflies landing on food after touching the infected excrement. Once inside the body‚ polio can live in the bloodstream for a time and remain dormant until the individual harboring it has a weakened immune system. According to Sonia Benson‚ the virus will travel from the bloodstream to either the bowels or the central nervous system. If it takes the central nervous system route it can cause paralysis or death by
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Action Potentials An action potential is the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell. An action potential occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon‚ away from the cell body. A threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to start a neural impulse (you know‚ the electrical impulses that travel throughout your body carrying important information). Action potentials generated by neural impulses are
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Water Potential Teacher: What is the formula for water? Student: H‚ I‚ J‚ K‚ L‚ M‚ N‚ O Teacher: That’s not what I taught you. Student: But you said the formula for water was...H to O. Prepared by Lower concentration of solute Water potential – the ability of water move out of the solution through osmosis. Solute molecule Equal concentration of solute Higher concentration of solute H2O Selectively permeable membrane Water molecule Solute molecule with cluster of water molecules Net flow
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The principles of Infection Prevention and Control L/501/6737 1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection All the staff needs to be sure that they do all they can to keep the workplace safe and follow the given rules and procedures. As employees we need to follow the procedures regarding health and safety and other that concern the prevention of infection. We need to wear aprons and gloves when dealing with individuals. We need to know
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promote society’s values. Important social skills needed in the work force and everyday life are learned at school‚ such as sharing‚ compromise‚ and the importance of teamwork. As a student‚ I want to encourage and help children to reach their full potential. I want students to realize that they are all different‚ and understand that diversity is a good thing. I believe that there are different types of intelligence‚ and creativity is just as important as logic. Teachers’ behavior should reflect values
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1) 2) 3) Natural resources and their role in the global economy: the mineral‚ energy‚ land‚ forest‚ water resources Human resources of the world economy and labor migration Scientific and technical resources and information resources 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) By Consumption and resilience: exhaustible non-renewable exhaustible renewable inexhaustible As belonging to the natural environment: Lithosphere resources: minerals land
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and Infection Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan intestinal parasite causing a short-term enteric illness in individuals with functioning immune systems‚ and can cause a potentially fatal infection in immunosuppressed individuals. Because of C. parvum ’s resistance to many of the procedures used to process drinking water and food‚ and the parasite ’s extremely high fecundity‚ the potential for a large scale outbreak is very high. In fact‚ C. parvum was responsible for an outbreak in Milwaukee
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. Understanding the causes of infection 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacterial and fungi infections are easy to cure with the use of antibiotics‚ where as viruses can be hard to cure or vaccinate against‚ such as the common cold. Bacteria can be found everywhere and anywhere Soil‚ Water‚ Plants‚ Animals‚ material and even deep in the earth’s crust. Bacteria feed themselves by making there food with the use of sunlight and water. We would not
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