putting your fingers in your mouth can potentially give you food poisoning so a couple of bites of an uncooked burger would be enough to ensure a few bad stomachs the next day. Bacteria can get into your body in many ways; the first one is Droplet infection so when you cough‚ sneeze or talk you expel tiny droplets full of pathogens from your breathing system and then other people breathe that in. The second is Direct Contact which means that some diseases are spread by direct contact of the skin. The
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Healthcare acquired infections also known as nosocomial infections are defined as an infection obtained by a patient 48 hours or later after admission into a healthcare service. Any infections thought to be obtained prior to 48 hours are considered to be obtained within the community (Gould et al‚ 2000). This standard of the 48 hour inoculation period is however arbitrary as it has remained the standard for many years despite the variable rate of incubation in different bacteria (Ami et al‚ 2003)
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Task 3 P2: Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to heath‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings. In this essay i will be explaining how different pieces of legislation influence health and care. Legislation consists of laws made by parlement‚ or people given power by parlement‚ such as a govenor. Legislation shows us what we need to do in certain environments‚ for example what to do to make us safe and how to do it. Health and safety at work act 1974
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The specific duties and responsibilities of your job will vary depending on your role and the employer you work for. If you work for a large employer‚ whether in the public‚ private or voluntary sectors‚ you will probably have had a period of induction‚ where you will have learned about: •• the policies and procedures of the organisation •• how the structures work •• the people who are your managers and supervisors. Working for smaller private or voluntary organisations‚ or working as a
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Healthcare-associated infections are infections affecting the patients while they are receiving treatment for medical or surgical conditions in the healthcare setting such as hospitals‚ community clinics‚ long-term care facilities‚ dialysis centers or outpatient surgical centers‚ and others. They are the most common complication of clinical setting‚ they affect 4% of patients. There are many types of healthcare-associated infections such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)‚ Vancomycin-resistant
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site infections are considered preventable. Because such infections are considered preventable‚ there are legal consequences directly connected to such a condition. In this paper‚ I will discuss what an SSI is and the reasons on why it is considered to be preventable. I will also discuss the role of disclosure and legal implications that are related to SSIs‚ accreditation expectations‚ and continuous quality monitoring as it relates to SSIs. A surgical site infection‚ or SSI‚ is an infection of a
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occurrence of hospital acquired infection and monitor degree of success of these measures. INTRODUCTION The occurrence and undesirable complications from hospital acquired infections (HAIs) have been well recognized for the last several decades. The occurrence of HAIs continues to escalate at an alarming rate. HAIs originally referred to those infections associated with admission in an acute-care hospital (formerly called a nosocomial infection). These unanticipated infections develop during the course
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small apartment in a very bad area of Santo Domingo‚ after a few months of living there her neighbor got robbed and shot in his own house… b. Topic: Recently mass shootings and an increase in gun violence in the cities has panicked the population of the United States‚ and many have decided to blame this violence on guns. II) Body: a. Argument: However‚ do we need to control guns or people? Isn’t banning or limiting gun possession in violation to the second amendment that allows us to keep and bear
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UNIT 2 understand what is required for competence in own workrole 1.1 The duties and responsibilities of my own work role are to provide personal care to service users for example: Giving bed baths where needed‚ help to dress the service user‚ to make beds and to keep the room tidy‚ to make sure they are clean and tidy throughout the day. Some service users need to be fed by carers so at meal times i assist to feed individuals. Some service users are incontinent so we have a duty of care to
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Managing Outbreaks of an Infection M1: Explain how to manage an outbreak of infection in health or social care setting NICE and Department of Health Guidelines NICEandDepartment of Health guidelines set the standards for high quality healthcare. It encourages a healthy lifestyle for people. The NICE and Department of Health guidelines are also used by the NHS‚ Local Authorities‚ employers‚ voluntary groups and anyone else involved in delivering care and promoting wellbeing. The recommendations that
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