Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are the infections patients acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility. In 2011‚ there was an estimated 722‚000 HAIs in U.S. hospitals resulting in 75‚000 deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2016). In addition to an increase in disease and mortality‚ HAIs negatively affect patient care by increasing patient length of stay and inpatient costs (Syndor & Perl‚ 2011). Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with greater risk
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Hospital History • Overview • Pennsylvania Hospital (1751) – Oldest voluntary hospital • Focus on sick‚ poor‚ homeless • Not a focus of care for physicians – Primary care in home/office • Mental illness – First mental hospital in 1772 1 Hospital History (cont.) • Growth of urban areas – Growth of hospitals – Focus on research‚ teaching‚ medical schools • Major discoveries – Anesthesia • Ether • Antibiotics • Sulfa Drugs‚ penicillin (decreased infection rates and mortality)
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India is an agricultural country. Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. The most striking characteristic of the economic life in India is the overwhelming preponderance of agriculture represented by the fact that three out of every four person in the country is devoted to agriculture. Agriculture provides practically all the food grains consumed in the country‚ and yields larger quantities of raw materials like cotton‚ jute‚ oil-seeds‚ etc. for the principal manufacturing industries.
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A performance report and budgets allows decision makers to clearly see the performance trade offs between alternative spending plans‚ and‚ thus‚ make more informed resource allocation decisions. Budget and performance reports can be used in decision making in various ways. Here Rodolfo has to decide which option is good for his company‚ manufacturing computer controlled laser lathe (high tech method) ‚ representing manufacturer in Norway or selling coated furniture (current method). If
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This case study from the first paper through now has always left me questioning what was the right course of action‚ and what would be wrong to do. After reading how different classmates took the same information provided and concluded on how to respond I was somewhat amazed to see not only those who felt that ‘duty to warn and protect’ did not apply here‚ but even the differences in how those who did agree came to their conclusions as to why they would warn‚ and what other processes they would take
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On August 2‚ 2016 I received an email from Chief Miller‚ he Witnessed Engine forty-four out of district at Jerome’s Furniture on Mira Mesa Boulevard and Discount Tire at 5860 Miramar Road. The crew from Medic thirty-five had witnessed an argument between engine forty-four crew and a San Diego Police Officer on June 29‚ 2016 and reported it to Chief Miller. I received an email from Captain Spangler stating his engineer is getting a divorce from her husband who is a police officer. She is often angry
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What would happen if a riot broke out right outside of a school? What if one of those students were taken hostage by an armed gunman? If those situations ever occurred‚ then we would need someone‚ or even a group of people‚ to take care of those life-threatening occurrences. That is the reason police stations have trained and hired SWAT team members.The career of a SWAT team member is to tackle highly dangerous problems like hostage situations‚ search and rescue operations‚ riots‚ and much more.
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proposing this policy we can help clients get the local services that they need and in return will help lower the number of repeat clients at the pantry. Why would this be beneficial? Many of clients that come to the pantry work full time‚ they might be new to the area. A lot of clients that come to the pantry ask the volunteers questions that should be answered by a social worker‚ which many of the volunteers do not know any of the resources in the area that might be beneficial to the client. If
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On 10/15/17‚ approximately at 4:28am‚ I‚ Officer Rivera Ayala‚ responded to 613 Albers Lane in reference to a domestic trouble. Upon arrival‚ I met with the complainant identified as Virginia D. Matos (DOB 11/03/1982). Virginia stated that when she arrived home‚ her boyfriend identified as Enrique Cruz Ponce (DOB 07/20/1983) approached her and started arguing with Virginia. Virginia told Enrique that she was going to leave the house because she was tired of Enrique cheating on her. Enrique said that
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In 2014‚ a digital billboard company wanted to install a 180-foot billboard on the northwest corner of Loop 101 and Bell Road. This land belongs to the city of Glendale‚ however‚ the boards would be placed near Peoria neighborhoods. Though Glendale allows billboards along their portion of the Loop 101 near their sports venues‚ Peoria does not allow billboards‚ at all. Peoria leadership met with Glendale’s mayor and other leadership members to discuss our concerns. Glendale saw the billboards as
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