Impetigo is a common type of skin infection and is highly contagious. Most of the time it can appear on the hands‚ neck and face in children‚ Impetigo occurs rarely in adults but it is a sign of a more severe skin condition. There are many types of Impetigo: Impetigo Contagiosa‚ Bullous Impetigo‚ and Ecythma but out of all of these Ecythma is the most serious because it damages the second layer of the skin. People with Ecythma will have painful blisters that may turn into ulcers‚ scars and swollen
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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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Understanding Systems and Procedures 3.1 Describe procedures and systems relevant to the prevention and control of infection Standard Operation Procedures (S.O.Ps) At unit E‚ BMI‚ Standard Operation Procedures (S.O.P’s) can be found in each room‚ it covers the health and safety policy along with other legislations and regulatory body standards in accordance to the prevention and control of infection. These policies include instructions of how to carry out ‘safe’ manual handing in each room‚ they also include
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parasite is a plant or animal which lives on or in another plant or animal as a host. Below is an image of a parasite with labels to identify its structure: 1.2 Identify common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites Below is a table of common illnesses and infections caused by either‚ bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites‚ each illness is displayed in the causing micro-organism: Bacteria: Tuberculosis (two organisms called Mycobacterium tuberculosis)MRSA
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action to prevent the spread of infection round the home‚ to report to a higher member of staff so they can do a risk assessment for everyone to follow the procedures to make sure no one will spread the infection to a more vulnerable client. 1.2 The employers responsibilities are to make sure of the assessing of the risk‚ making sure the procedures are in place and over see that everyone is following them correctly. The employer should make sure there is infection control training and that the home
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CAUSES AND SPREAD OF INFECTION CANDIDATE NAME: DATE AND SIGNATURE: 1. Understand the causes of infection 2. Understand the transmission of infection Anyone can develop an infection‚ but certain groups of people are more at risk than others. These groups include: the elderly‚ the infim‚ those who are ill‚ those with weakened immunity‚ those who are convalescing‚ pregnant mothers
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seems to be an accurate match considering the symptoms related with a Salmonella typhimurium infection. Salmonella causes gastroenteritis with symptoms of diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ fever‚ and abdominal pain with elderly people‚ children and pregnant women being at greatest risk of developing infection. This is consistent with the family
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Disseminated gonococcal infection is caused by hematogenous infection of N. gonorrhoeae from the primary site of infection. It occurs in both men and women‚ but is seen more frequently in women‚ because women with gonorrhea are often asymptomatic‚ which allows the dissemination of infection before the patient experiences symptoms. Pregnancy‚ menses‚ and terminal component complement deficiencies also increase the risk for disseminated gonococcal infection as a result of endometrial exposure of submucosal
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The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 1.1 The employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control include to ensure they are aware and adhere to all policies‚ guidelines‚ and protocols relevant to infection prevention and control‚ employees are required to take all necessary precautions to ensure that no action or omission on their part places an individual at risk of infection‚ to be aware of the current version of policies and guidelines and how to access
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE INTRODUCTION There are many elderly clients quietly enduring continence issues‚ believing that frequency‚ urgency‚ and incontinence is an inevitable part of aging. Advanced practice nurses can play a significant role in discovering continence problems (Lea R.et.al.2007).Urinary incontinence is defined as the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine(International Continence Society‚1997). A thorough physical assessment
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