1.1 Employees’ roles and responsibilities All employees are responsible for taking action to prevent the spread of infection‚ in accordance with legislation and local and organisational policies and procedures. They also have a personal and moral responsibility‚ as members of a caring society and profession. There are many roles where infection control is important‚ these include: · Employees who work in communal living environments · Employees who work with hazardous substances · Employees
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Most people infected with HIV eventually develop AIDS. These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system. HIV progresses to AIDS at a variable rate affected by viral‚ host‚ and environmental factors; HIV-specific treatment delays this process. Most will progress to AIDS within 10 years of HIV infection: some will have progressed much sooner‚ and some will take much longer. Treatment with anti-retrovirals increases
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Melissa Babajko Microbiology 214BA Dr. May June 6‚ 2012 Staphylococcus aureus- Is a facultative anaerobic‚ Gram-positive‚ salt positive‚ cocci shaped bacterium. Staphylococcus aureus is found as normal part of the skin floral in the nasal passages and on the skin. An estimated twenty percent of people naturally have harmless Staphylococcus aureus on their skin and are long-term carries for Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common strand of Staphylococcus in humans to date
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SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION AND NOTIFICATION 1. INTRODUCTION AND NOTIFICATION 1.0 INTRODUCTION The guidance is divided into sections as follows: Section 1 Introduces infection control and explains notification; Section 2 deals with general infection control procedures; Section 3 gives guidance on the management of outbreaks; Section 4 describes specific infectious diseases; Section 5 contact numbers and sources of information; Section
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Running Head: PNEUMONIA: THE SILENT KILLER Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Abstract This paper explores Pneumonia and the respiratory disease process associated with bacterial and viral pathogens most commonly located in the lung. The paper examines the process‚ symptoms and treatments most commonly viewed in patient cases of Pneumonia. My goal is to educate the reader and to warn of the Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many
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Ch. 2: Fundamentals of Epidemiology Causality: determining the cause of a disease Screening test: test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease Natural History of Disease: the course of disease if left untreated Latency period: time from start of disease process until signs/symptoms appear (Incubation period: time b/w infection & clinical disease) Nonclinical stage: no signs/symptoms present – pathologic changes occur Preclinical – sings/symptoms
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Labyrinthitis is a disorder of the inner ear. The membranous labyrinth of the sensory organs; such as the saccule‚ utricle‚ cochlea‚ and semicircular canals‚ are invaded by infectious microorganisms and damage the vestibular and auditory organs. (Boston‚ 2015) The vestibular nerves‚ of the inner ear‚ can also become inflamed and cause vertigo and dizziness. (Campellone‚ 2015) Vertigo is described as “feeling as if the room is spinning.” (Dizziness and vertigo‚ 2016) Equilibrium‚ a special sense‚
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Kawasaki disease is more common in boys and usually at less than five years of age. No cause is known. More cases happen in the late winter and early spring. Children with Kawasaki disease are similar in some ways to children with other illnesses‚ like a viral infection. Kawasaki disease is probably not spread from person to person. Kawasaki disease can last between 2 to 12 weeks. But children feel better shortly after starting treatment. Kawasaki disease often begins with a high and lasting fever greater
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Pathogens are everywhere. They are in people‚ animals‚ and the environment. Pathogens come in a wide variety. The types are fungal‚ bacterial‚ viral‚ and other parasites. All pathogens can be dangerous‚ but two of them are more dangerous. These two types that more dangerous are fungal and bacterial. While both fungal and bacterial pathogens cause illness‚ they differ in the way they are transmitted‚ the way they are treated‚ and the diseases they cause. First‚ the way fungal and
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Ocean County College Department of Biology The Poliovirus Submitted By‚ Stephen Gorda Date Submitted: 5-2-12 Course: Biology- 162 Instructor: Prof. Estelle Abstract The poliovirus is one of the most transmittable
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