INFECTION CONTROL IN SOCIAL CARE/EDUCATIONAL SETTING What we’ll look at Law legal duties Infection & the infection cycle School/hotel associated infections Waste Hand washing PPE Housekeeping Pets Occupational health for staf Part One Infection Control and the Law Legal System Two relevant branches of law exist with in health and safety. They are separate from each other but they are closely related Civil law Criminal law Duties of care at work Employer has DoC to employees and non
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AWARENESS ON RISK FACTORS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG STUDENTS OF CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY An undergraduate thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Nursing‚ Cavite State University‚ Indang Cavite‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements in research. Prepared with the supervision of Mrs. Nenita B. Panaligan‚ RN‚ MAN. Introduction As time goes on‚ countries around the world become more industrialized and modernized. As part of it‚ life
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Today’s generation are living for the moment and not really thinking about the consequence for their actions. Pico Iyer and Bell Hooks both argues that people should start making “inner changes” in order to make “outer changes.” So what does this mean? Individuals should start thinking differently‚ stop challenging each other and start cooperating. With this one can possibly obtain Inner Peace. Pico Iyer argues in the Inner Climate that people should be closer to the environment than they are with technology
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Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are the infections patients acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility. In 2011‚ there was an estimated 722‚000 HAIs in U.S. hospitals resulting in 75‚000 deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2016). In addition to an increase in disease and mortality‚ HAIs negatively affect patient care by increasing patient length of stay and inpatient costs (Syndor & Perl‚ 2011). Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with greater risk
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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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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 outcome and patient safety
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ESSEX HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT Part of the INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES CARE HOMES Issued January 2004 Revised April 2006 and December 2007 2 ESSEX HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES FOR CARE HOMES SECTION B – INFECTION‚ ITS CAUSES AND SPREAD 1. The Causes of Infection An understanding of commonly encountered mi cro-organisms is essential for good infection control practice. Micro-organism s that cause disease are referred to as pathogenic organisms.
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The post operative infection rate for patients having surgeries has slowly increased over the last several years and preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) has become a priority with many surgeons. The studies reviewed for this research have stressed the importance of prophylactic antibiotic therapy (Stefansdottir‚ et al. 2009) and that the timing of this dose being given is becoming the utmost importance; along with the importance of appropriate antibiotic being given. There is not a large
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(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2013). A Staph infection comes from the Staph germ entering and infection or a wound. Healthcare acquired‚ or nosocomial‚ Staph infections are common in surgery patients because the patient has had an open incision. Non-healthcare acquired Staph infections can come from a simple cut that has not been properly cared for. Healthcare associated infections and non-healthcare associated infections have different methods of preventing and treating them‚ but
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article discussed how the validity of infection control research is determined by how well infection as an outcome can be measured (Lin &Bonten‚ 2012). Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a type of measured outcome for patient safety intervention (Lin &Bonten‚ 2012). Challenges in assessing hospital-acquired infection outcomes happen due to lack of a gold standard test in diagnosing infections; it is usually based on a clinician’s judgment if there is an infection or not (Lin &Bonten‚ 2012). In order
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