Cross Infection Definition Cross infection is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person‚ object‚ or place to another‚ or from one part of the body to another (such as touching a staph-infected hand to the eye). When this cross infection occurs in a hospital or long-term care facility it is called a nosocomial infection. Community acquired infections are those contracted anywhere except a hospital or long-term care facility. Description Cross infection accounts for
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Propose how would you minimise the 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
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Approach Considerations Treatment decisions in children with pneumonia are dictated based on the likely etiology of the infectious organism and the age and clinical status of the patient. Antibiotic administration must be targeted to the likely organism‚ bearing in mind the age of the patient‚ the history of exposure‚ the possibility of resistance (which may vary‚ depending on local resistance patterns)‚ and other pertinent history (see Etiology and Clinical Presentation). After initiating therapy
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customers‚ and stakeholders. Mortality reaches 80‚000 annually ; 3 patients die per minute ; 10-20% % incidence globally‚ and figures are expectedly higher in Third World settings. This is not to mention the corollary problem of emerging microorganisms resistant to overuse of prophylactic and anticipatory shotgun antibiotic therapy as empirical solution. The damage wrought is paramount‚ reaching a cost of one billion pounds per year in Europe alone‚ resulting from these.1 excluding priceless‚ needless mortalities
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Unknown Lab Report April 25th‚ 2006 Introduction The purpose of this lab was to identify two unknown bacteria cultures using various differential tests. The identification of these unknown cultures was accomplished by separating and differentiating possible bacteria based on specific biochemical characteristics. Whether the tests performed identified specific enzymatic reactions or metabolic pathways‚ each was used in a way to help recognize those specifics and identify the unknown cultures
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caused by MRSA and then treat the infection with drugs. The majority of serious MRSA infections are treated with two or more antibiotics that in combination are often still effective against MRSA. Some examples of some of the drugs used would be Vancomycin‚ Bactrim‚ Zyvox‚ Septra‚ and Rifadin (Humphreys‚ 2011). There are also some non-pharmacological treatments such as warm compresses to try and bring to a head to allow to rupture on its own rather than having to have it lanced. Good hand hygiene
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Acknowledgement Apart from the efforts of researcher‚ the success of any project depends largely on the encouragement and guidelines of many others. The researcher take this opportunity to express a gratitude to the people who played an important role in the successful completion of this project. Abstract Background: Staff nurses are exposed to blood and other body fluids in the course of their day to day activities in general medical ward. Standard precautions are designed to reduce the
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Sampling of Gram-Positive Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Resting We thought it would be interesting to find out the different bacteria that grow on things we use on a daily basis and the level of antibiotic resistance that those bacteria have. We chose to swab the toilet seat in the MATC women’s bathroom and the ATM machine in the commons area on campus. We were certain the ATM would be dirtier than the toilet seat since the bathrooms get cleaned every day. The first step we took in testing
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antibiotics to livestock as growth promoters leads to antibiotic-resistance appearing in bacteria in the animals‚ and eventually in bacteria that cause diseases in people. It has always been assumed that this was because the drugs allowed naturally resistant strains to flourish‚ or evolve over time. Now‚ astonishingly‚ it has been found that the crude antibiotics fed to farm animals for decades actually include resistance genes. The feed-grade antibiotic avoparcin made by the Swiss firm Roche contains
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ANTI-INFECTIVES Anti-infective agents are drugs that are designed to act selectively on foreign organisms that have invaded and infected the body of a human host. Ideally‚ these drugs would be toxic to the infecting organisms only and would have no effect on the host (or human) cells. OVERVIEW • Antimicrobial therapy (often termed “antibiotic therapy”) is the use of medications to treat infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ and fungi. • Antimicrobial must use selective toxicity to kill
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