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    Check Fraud and Check Washing Week 6 Paper Park University Check Fraud and Check Washing Check fraud and check washing are both highly illegal and both are increasing at an alarming rate. Many people can be fooled in todays world with fraudulent checks and not know that anything was incorrect until receiving notice from their financial institution. Check washing is when mail snatchers will take a check from you and use chemicals to erase the things written on the check and make the check payable

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    Infection Control Procedures Section 1 The need to wear disposable gloves and aprons when dealing with blood and bodily waste where possible. Staff should report personal illness and exclude themselves from work if suffering with something infectious (not and excuse to ill inform the setting and take time off as in correctly informing the setting could result in the setting incorrectly informing the parents/carers and Environmental Health where necessary. Staff to have up to date immunisation

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    According to Schub and Cabrrea (2015)‚ Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an infection of the lung parenchyma that develops outside the hospital or healthcare facility or developed in the hospital within 48 hours after admission. After 48 hours‚ it is considered Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. CAP is the eight most common cause of death in the United States. Annually‚ it usually affects adults but the incidence of CAP is 1: 20 in older adults over than 85 years old. Potential complications that could

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    February 27‚ 2013 Infected Hospitals If someone were very sick or injured in some way‚ a good place to take him or her would be the hospital. Hospitals help people and save lives. Everyone knows that hospitals save lives and want to help people. They’ve been around forever. Some of the earliest documented institutions that were aiming to provide cures and help date back to the Egyptian temples. Hospitals are supposed to be clean and safe‚ but inspections of hospitals don’t even measure cleanliness

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    seems to be an accurate match considering the symptoms related with a Salmonella typhimurium infection. Salmonella causes gastroenteritis with symptoms of diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ fever‚ and abdominal pain with elderly people‚ children and pregnant women being at greatest risk of developing infection. This is consistent with the family

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    examination of five hospitals with the goal to achieve a consistent rate of zero infections per 1000 catheter days. The analysis of Hospital 1‚ Hospital 2‚ Hospital 3‚ Hospital 4‚ and Hospital 5 wants to improve patient safety by implementing ways to reduce CAUTIs. The data was presented by using the strengths that include the support for evidence-based practice and skill level of the staff. The opportunities will include a fiscal increase‚ patient‚ and staff satisfaction‚ prevent infections‚ improve patient

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    Understanding the Causes of Infection 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria are a living cell organism that can survive inside our body and other non living objects as well. There are both good and bad bacteria’s and the good bacteria is known to helps fight against the bad bacteria that makes its way into our bodies. According to www.righthealth.com‚ less than 1% of bacteria are actually harmful to us. In fact‚ we couldn’t survive without

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    UNIT 4222-265 The causes and spread of infection Outcome 1: understand the causes of infection Bacteria are a very small‚ self-sufficient‚ one-celled organism that thrives in a variety of environments. However‚ many bacteria thrive in the mild 98.6 health body environment‚ some of these environmentally content bacteria in your body are actually good for you; its only 1% that isn’t. Some examples of the sicknesses that bacteria cause are; * Impetigo * Meningitis * Tuberculosis

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    field and is a primary care doctor in general practice. He is currently affiliated with four hospitals around the LA County. The interview began at 12: 45pm and ended 12:55pm. The following questions that were asked are as followed‚ what is in your experience in your field the greatest threat related to infectious diseases? And what kinds of solutions do you

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    Executive Summary: Compliance Status Infection Control for Nightingale Community Hospital Nightingale Community Hospital is currently not up to standards on its infection control standards. As a top community hospital it is crucial to be providing a safe environment for patients and staff. The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) 7: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections number 2: Hand Hygiene is the standard that we need to bring up to par for the Joint Commission. From the safety

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