Discuss three patient safety issues that are present in the scenario. 1) Sara signed off medications on the MAR but she did not actually witness the patient taking the prescribed medications. 2) Sara left the medications unattended at the bedside. This is a careless practice. She should have carried them back to the nurse’s station and reattempted to administer the meds after the patient finished bathing. 3) Unexpected change in the patient’s vital signs. The scenario reports there has been
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The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) is to improve patient safety via the application of evidence based practice in areas of medical care that have been identified as high risk for resulting in patient harm (Mascioli & Carrico‚ 2016). The organization is extremely focused on meeting the NPSGs‚ however‚ there has not been a formal assessment of the organization’s culture of safety. The hospital focuses on the individual goals‚ collects data‚ and‚ based on the statistics‚ puts into
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are a record number of more accidents in medicine that you may realize. After a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine noted that the number of medical-error deaths equaled the death toll from three jumbo jet crashes. This eventually caused a patient safety movement to take off that included: bringing new rules and procedures designed to minimize mistakes—and the injuries and deaths they caused. One of the most common in current times has been wrong-site surgeries. This occurs when an operation
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Diploma level 2 Unit 21 – The principles of infection‚ prevention and control. 1. Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections. Everyone working in a health and social care setting is responsible for preventing infection. Health and social care practitioners must avoid getting and passing on pathogens‚ such as bacteria and viruses that cause illness. As a health or social care practitioner you should: • Maintain high standards of personal health
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Principles of Infection Prevention and Control Outcome 1 1.1: Employees rights and responsibilities in the relation to the prevention and control of infection are to follow company’s policies and procedures‚ keep themselves safe and others‚ report any hazards which could lead to infection‚ attend relevant courses‚ use the PPE provided‚ keeping the work environment clean and tidy and to maintain good personal hygiene 1.2: Employers responsibilities in the relation to the prevention and control of infection
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Every year lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals. Infection control is an important part of the health care system; it refers to the policies used to decrease the risk of spreading infections. Many people don’t realize the amount of bacteria that lives all around them. One bacterium in particular‚ known as Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci or VRE‚ live in our intestines‚ female genital tract‚ and skin‚ and can be found in the environment. This bacteria has developed resistance
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INFECTION An infection is the colonization of a hostorganism by parasitespecies. Infecting parasites seek to use the host’s resources to reproduce‚ often resulting in disease. Colloquially‚ infections are usually considered to be caused by microscopic organisms or microparasites like viruses‚ prions‚ bacteria‚ and viroids‚ though larger organisms like macroparasites and fungi can also infect. Hosts normally fight infections themselves via their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections
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The outbreak of infection can be fatal if care is not taken; for instance an outbreak of MRSA that can be resistant to most antibiotics can be fatal. The outbreak of an infection has consequences for individuals‚ staff and the organisation. It can cause ill health to all concerned and it can also impact emotionally because people that acquire infection relate it to being dirty and some infections may require people to be isolated from others for a period of time. The organisation could lose money
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only one cell. Bacteria multiply by splitting themselves in two‚ which is called a binary fission. Because of this they can increase in number rapidly. The majority are harmless‚ but some can be pathogenic which results in bacterial infection occuring. Bacterial infections can be treated by using antibiotics. Bacteria can evolve a resistance to antibiotic e.g. MRSA. Some diseases caused by bacteria include tuberculosis‚ pneumonia‚ salmonella‚ tetanus and syphilis. Viruses - are extremely small
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The principles of infection prevention and control (CU311) 1.What is the employer’s role in infection control and the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? 1.2/5.6 Employers must provide their employees with appropriate PPE and ensure that PPE is disposed or‚ if reusable‚ that it is properly cleaned or laundered‚ repaired and stored after use. Employer responsibilities: requirement for employer to provide appropriate PPE according to work activities without charge to employee; to
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