UNIT 4222-264 THE PRINCIPLES OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (ICO1/201) Outcome 1 understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection * To ensure that their own health and hygiene does not pose a risk to service users and colleagues. * To ensure effective hand washing is carried out when working with service users‚ giving personal
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Factors and Motivations That Influence Biological Warfare Maham Ahmed November 11th‚ 2010 Modern World History Katie Ehrlich Many troops during the years of World War I met their demise in what is arguable the most terrifying and inhumane of all military tactics - biological warfare. Soldiers inhaled a deadly acidic gas that burned them from the inside out‚ suffocating them in an excruciating and unimaginable pain. Kurth Audrey‚ a professor of strategy at the U.S. National War College in
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the importance of viable plate counts. Introduction to Literature: It is very important to know not only what types of bacteria are in a sample but also how many of them are present. After a 2010 outbreak‚ founder Jimmy John Liautaud switched the sandwich chain to clover sprouts after Salmonella illnesses were associated with alfalfa sprouts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration‚ unwashed or lightly rinsed vegetables can harbor pathogenic bacteria
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proper disposal of garbage‚ a knowledge of how infection is being contaminated or contacted like chain of infections that we get mostly contagious disease by being in contact with infected persons through blood and body fluids. 3.2 If there was an outbreak of
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Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease
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child who is taking long term steroid treatment or has cancer‚ may require specific advice from their GP. • Children should only be excluded when there is good reason. If in doubt contact a member of the Health Protection Team (HPT). • If an outbreak of infection is suspected the local Health Protection Team should be contacted. Infection/Virus Exclusion period Further information can be found in Infection Prevention and Control in Childcare Settings (Day Care and childminding settings) http://www
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prevent illness. As a matter of fact‚ animals who aren’t ill are being fed 70% of antibiotics used in the United States. This use of antibiotics in feed poses the risk of developing drug resistant bacteria which lead to dangerous infections and outbreaks. A 2002 study found antibiotics in one third of ground and surface water samples taken near hog CAFOs and in two thirds of samples near poultry CAFOs. Studies show that manure lagoons can filter antibiotic resistant bacteria along with other contaminants
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“Canada’s largest waterborne disease outbreak‚ which infected 1‚346 people and killed six‚ was traced to runoff from livestock farms into a town’s water supply. The U.S. Geological survey found antimicrobial residue in 48 percent of the 139 streams
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exotic animals‚ grew great popularity in the 1980s because of the popular television show “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” (“Inside” 1). Although‚ they are very harmful. The Humane Society of the United States says all reptiles and amphibians carry salmonella and more than 74‚000 cases of it are poisonous (“Inside” 1). Regardless of the diseases the animals carry‚ the pet trade business has became very successful. The HSUS states the exotic pet trade is a multi- billion dollar industry but it became
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Norway Rats: Facts‚ Identification & Control Latin Name Rattus norvegicus Appearance Norway rats are large rodents that may weigh in excess of 500 grams. They can reach lengths of 40 cm‚and their tails alone may measure 21 cm. The body of the Norway rat is covered in shaggy fur that is brown or gray in color. The ears and tail are covered in scales‚ and the tail is shorter than the head and body. Droppings are capsule-shaped. Behavior‚ Diet & Habits Norway rats typically nest in underground burrows
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