| UNIT 4222- 264 THE PRINCIPLES OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL | | | | | | | | | |We as health care assistants‚ such senior health carer ‚ we all have different kinds of roles and | | | | |responsibilities that we
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Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America‚ Brazil‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ India‚ Africa‚ and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths in Spain where the flu had struck first‚ was known as the most devastating pandemic in history. The general flu season is late fall
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it is called the flu‚ but this is not the same with stomach flu viruses that can cause vomiting and diarrhea. The flu is actually more dangerous that the common colds for kids. Every year‚ thousands of kids get sick with seasonal influenza. In some cases‚ the illness results in death. Severe influenza complications are very common in kids below 2 years old. Annually‚ about 20‚000 children below the age of 5 are brought to hospitals because of influenza complications. The flu seasons differ in
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Influenza vaccination should be mandatory for healthcare workers. The vaccine can reduce the number of transmission of the flu to their coworkers and the patients who are in their care. All health care workers should want to provide the safest care for their patients and “first do no harm‚ a principle that should apply to everyone in hospitals and health care organizations. “ First do no harm‚ is a guiding fundamental truth that the patient’s well-being is the primary consideration‚ with that being
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accessible and at a low cost for the public to receive the flu vaccine? Should we single out just the population at risk‚ infants and people with chronic diseases? Should health care businesses mandate healthcare workers receive the vaccine or wear a mask when at work? The answer is all of these. As a healthcare community‚ we need to find out the reasons why people do not receive the flu vaccine. One reason could be fear of getting the flu from the vaccine‚ another could be cost. Again‚ we cannot
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7 Ethical Decision Making and Behavior As we practice resolving dilemmas we find ethics to be less a goal than a pathway‚ less a destination than a trip‚ less an inoculation than a process. —Ethicist Rushworth Kidder WHAT’S AHEAD This chapter surveys the components of ethical behavior—moral sensitivity‚ moral judgment‚ moral motivation‚ and moral character—and introduces systematic approaches to ethical problem solving. We’ll take a look at four decision-making formats: Kidder’s ethical checkpoints
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the driveway from the house is a large field that is pastured into two fields. In one of those fields‚ during certain times of the year‚ you can find a steer grazing. My family raises our own animals for slaughter for ourselves. We raise beef‚ swine‚ and chickens. All of the animals we raise are raised without the use of extra hormones. I know from experience that animals that are raised without hormone additives taste better than animals that were grown with them. Animals that were given growth
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victim. He does not discriminate based on race‚ sex‚ or age‚ however; the youngest and eldest usually pay a higher price. This perpetrator who remains faceless is known as the influenza virus. The influenza virus commonly known as the flu is a contagious viral infection that invades its victim’s body via the nose and mouth affecting the respiratory system of the individual. It spreads by respiratory droplets through coughing and sneezing. When a person sneezes or coughs‚ they normally
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There are many different themes in The Odyssey‚ but the most prominent theme Homer portrays in his epic poem is hospitality or Xenia. The act of Xenia was perhaps the most important Greek custom out of all because you see it being performed time and time again throughout Odysseus’ journey home. The Odyssey was about the twenty year long journey of King Odysseus return to Ithaca from battling in the Trojan War. The theme of hospitality is present not only while Odysseus is travelling from city to
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Helena Baldwin 9th Lit/Comp H Mrs. Jurskis Spring‚ 2010 Inglorious Swine: The Similarities Between Adolf Hitler and “Comrade” Napoleon There is a Chinese proverb that states “Gold cannot be pure and people cannot be perfect.” It is a very true statement. It is also true that the former is infinitely more likely to come close to perfection than the latter. It is almost appropriate that such a proverb is used to highlight the similarities between German dictator Adolf Hitler and the character
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