Epidemiology Rationale for Topic The purpose of personal protective equipment is to protect the person from contracting possible pathogens and spreading them among others. The prevention of the spread of the disease is of the utmost importance to this particular population because we do not when to give another patient an illness a different patient has. According to the CDC‚ when healthcare facilities‚ care teams‚ and individual doctors and nurses‚ are aware of infection problems and follow the
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Rubella Rubella is a An acute viral disease that causes fever and rash .Symptoms include Rash and fever for two to three days. Rubella is spread by contact with an infected person‚ through coughing and sneezing. Rubella vaccine (contained in MMR vaccine) can prevent this disease. If death occurs‚ it is within few days of onset of symptoms. Cowpox Cowpox is a skin disease caused by a virus known as the cowpox virus. Cowpox is transmitted by touch from infected animals to humans. Cowpox is similar
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and is dependant of its host. 1.2 Identify common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – Lyme disease‚ Tuberculosis‚ tetanus‚ MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) Viruses – polio‚ Norovirus‚ common cold‚ flu‚ chicken pox Fungi – tinea pinus‚ athletes foot‚ oral thush Paracites- worms‚ ticks‚ lice‚ mites 1.3 Describe what is meant by ‘infection’ and ‘colonisation’. Infection – is a invasion of a host organisms bodily tissues by
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mouth and breaks in the skin. Viruses can spread through bodily fluids‚ the air‚ and insects such as mosquitos. Antibiotics have no effects on viruses; however people can have vaccinations to help prevent viruses. Examples of viral infections are Norovirus and influenza. • Fungi are an organism such as yeasts‚ molds and mushrooms. Fungi infections are common and can affect your skin‚ hair and nails. Examples of fungi infections are athlete’s foot and thrush. • Parasites are organisms that live on
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that I further researched. It shows that it has a higher level of absence in the winter months than the summer months. This could be due to temperatures of weather and employees being off with cold and flu like symptoms. Also the epidemic of the Norovirus throughout December seemed to make its way round the hotel which led to a lot of absentees. The graph also shows me that the housekeeping department have a higher number of days off overall in the year than reception and the restaurant. I investigated
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A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of organisms‚ from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea.[1] Since Dmitri Ivanovsky’s 1892 article describing a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco plants‚ and the discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898‚[2] about 5‚000 viruses have been described in detail‚[3] although there are millions of different types.[4] Viruses are found in
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The Negative Effects of Day Care on Children Now more than ever parents around America are dropping their children off at day care centers. Currently more than 56% of children in the USA‚ aged three to five years old are enrolled in day care centers. (Safety) According to the 1992 Census Bureau 60% of the mothers that leave their children at day care centers do it in order to maintain or improve the family ’s standard of living. (Child) In today ’s world standard means a few TV ’s‚ a computer
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In 1847 Ignaz Semmelweiss discovered that healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) were commonly transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers and hand washing was an important component in breaking the chain of infection (Weston‚ 2008 and World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2009). Hand washing helps to control infection rates (Weston‚ 2008) and is the simplest and most effective way to break the chain of infection and prevent HCAIs (Pittet & Boye‚ 2001). This assignment will examine the chain of
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seventhgeneration.com/ Seventh Generation is wise to link its image with the Vermont image–an image popular with customers of Seventh Generation and “customers” of Vermont–tourists‚ people moving here‚ farmer‚ and businesses marketing Vermont products like maple syrup and cheese. VerMints (describe as you did with Seventh Generation) has much the same approach. With ’vermints’‚ this clever company plays on the word "vermont’‚ and their mints‚ like the state‚ are green. “They are honest. They are
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organism that feeds and is dependant of its host. Fungi - are multi-cellular organisms. 2. Identify common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – Lyme disease‚ Tuberculosis‚ tetanus. Viruses – polio‚ Norovirus‚ common cold‚ flu‚ chicken pox Fungi – athletes foot‚ oral thrush Parasites - worms‚ ticks‚ lice‚ mites 3. Describe what is meant by infections and colonisation. Infection – is an invasion to the body tissues from a disease. Colonisation – occurs
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