become ill. Meningitis is a bacterial infection‚ this can be life threating to a young baby and is most common in young children. It is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and/or spinal cord‚ this is a reason it can be life-threatening. MRSA is another big bacteria illness‚ this commonly affect hospitals and is due to lack of hygiene. Food poisoning is a common cause of illness caused by bacteria. This is because bacteria lives on food. If cooked and food has not reached a high enough
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Introduction Antibiotics are drugs that have been developed to destroy or show interference with the growth of microorganisms. The first antibiotic properties revealed were synthetic chemicals‚ particularly drugs containing arsenic‚ which were discovered by Ehrlich at the beginning of the 20th century. Sulphonamide inhibitors of folate metabolism were developed by Domagz in the 1930s which then followed with the development of the first true antibiotic‚ penicillin in the 1940s.(Wright 2011) Upon
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Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient Introduction In this essay about the care required for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease‚ the essay will discuss of the holistic care needs for the patient‚ holistic care is total care of a patient which means caring for everything the patients emotional‚ physical‚ spiritual‚ social and psychological needs. Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is it important that they are always reassured and feel secured‚ when caring for an Alzheimer’s patient finding out the patients
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Today we often take for granted just going to the doctor and getting medicine to fix any illness we may have or pain that we are feeling. There hasn’t always been the privileges that we have today‚ back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s it wasn’t uncommon for people and children to die from just a minor scratch‚ pinpricks‚ scarlet fever‚ or any minor diseases. Hospitals were full of people with infections spiraling out of control‚ but there wasn’t anything available for them. Our soldiers fighting
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Ben Goldacre is a doctor‚ academic and best-selling author. He wrote a weekly column called Bad Science in the Guardian for ten years and this first book of his‚ also titled ‘Bad Science’‚ “reached number one in the UK non-fiction charts and has sold over half a million copies worldwide” (Goldacre‚ 2017). The presentation of ‘Bad Science’ gives the reader a seemingly accurate representation of its contents; the shape and size of a fulfilling novel‚ emphasising its entertainment value‚ and the cover
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Germs can enter the body in various ways such as being ingested by eating or drinking contaminated food or drink‚ touching contaminated surfaces and then touching eyes‚ nose or mouth as the germs can enter through the membranes‚ having open wounds (MRSA is easily spread through this
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CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT ICO 1 The principles of infection prevention and control. Unit ICO1 2 Unit ICO1 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 AC 1.1 Commentary for Evidence for AC 1.1
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Moving & Assisting / Lifting & Handling Activities Under the fundamental provisions of current Health & Safety at Work legislation Ladybrook Care Homes Ltd has a duty to ensure that all staff involved with the lifting and handling of residents should not be exposed to any work practice or risk likely to cause them injury. This Policy will detail the compliance of the Home in this respect. POLICY STATEMENT & PRINCIPLES: Each staff member must: -exercise reasonable care
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Microorganisms Causes Urinary Tract Escherichia coli‚ Enterococcus species. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Improper catheterization technique‚ contamination of closed drainage system‚ inadequate hand cleansing Surgical sites Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA). Enterococcus species (including VRE). Pseudomonas aeruginosa Inadequate hand cleansing‚ improper dressing change technique Bloodstream Coagulase-negative. Staphylococci. Staphylococcus aureus. Enterococcus species Inadequate hand cleansing‚ improper
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HEALTHY START This essay will discuss healthy start as a current healthcare initiative in the United Kingdom. It will also look at the historical overview of healthy start its aim and how the initiative is structured‚ problems associated with in adequate nutrition with relation to socioeconomic status and the effectiveness of health promotion/health education will be reviewed with its implication to health care delivery‚ finally this write up will discuss about different nursing theories and models
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