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 infections develop during
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Surgical Site Prep Gaston Herndon WGU Surgical Site Prep Procedure “Surgical site infection (SSI) complicates an estimated 5% of all clean contaminated operations performed annually in US hospitals and accounts for the most common nosocomial infection in surgical patient’s” (Hemani & Lepor‚ 2009‚ p. 190). Prior to draping and the incision being made in a surgical procedure the skin around the surgical site is prepped to help decrease the chance of a SSI after the surgery is completed. One
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Surgical Infection Issue with Central Venous Catheters in Oncology The reason for this paper is to analyze and provide applications for clinical practice guidelines (CPG) retrieved from the National Guideline Clearinghouse as it relates to surgical infections with central venous catheters in oncology patients. The title of the guideline is as follows: Central venous catheter care for the patient with cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline. Scope and Purpose
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Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are an undesirable situation or condition that affects the patient and the care they receive. The condition was not present on admission (POA)‚ it developed while the patient was in the hospital. HACs lead to increase length of stay (LOS)‚ increase in patient care cost‚ poor patient outcomes‚ and even death. It is estimated that in 2010 adult patients experienced roughly 4.8 million HACs out of 32.8 million hospital discharges. There are eight initial conditions
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The subject of my research paper is about Hospital Associated Infections. This isn’t as general topic as a lot of my classmates picked. Hai’s in the most basic sense is an infection that a patient acquires in a healthcare setting that didn’t have before they entered into the healthcare setting. I work in a hospital and hai’s are unfortunately very common in hospitals and more common than most people realize. I wanted to research this topic because I have seen the impact to patients when their health
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Project one What is meant by the term equality? Equality can mean different things to different people; some people believe that equality means treating everyone the same. However you can not treat everyone as equal due to the fact that everyone has different backgrounds‚ life experiences‚ skills and knowledge. So no two people can really ever be the same. Individuality can be a positive attribute in all aspects of life. Equality can be more accurately described as when people are given equal
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What is meant by the term ‘gothic’? How far and in what ways is ‘Frankenstein’ a gothic text? Gothic literature‚ which is sometimes referred to as Gothic horror‚ is a genre that links horror and romance into one tale of ‘transgressing the boundaries’. Gothicism was unheard of until the late 1700’s‚ this movement into a new genre of literature. This was pioneered by the English author Horace Walpole‚ in his famous fictional book ‘The Castle of Otranto’‚ or as Walpole alternatively titled it ‘a
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Summarization of Preventing Surgical Infections According to Labeau et al. (2010)‚ this article discussed the study of how knowledgeable nurses were in preventing post-surgical site infections. This article also included data from surveys conducted from the number of participants that completed the questionnaire. Labeau et al.‚ 2010‚ research question asked‚ how can nurses be made aware on how to prevent or reduce surgical site infections? Method Qualitative method was used to conduct this research
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Infections are one of the health care problems that are in the constant eye of health care organizations to fight as transmission can be quick and insidious and prevention is far more cost efficient and manageable than treatment of the infections. For a long time‚ healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) were a major hassle for health care settings to deal with as they not only put the patients at risk of negative health outcomes and complications; their treatment presents a heavy cost on the setting
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What is meant be the term “intangible asset?” Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot not be seen‚ touched or physically measured‚ which are created through time and/or effort and that are identifiable as a separate asset. Corporate intellectual property (items such as patents‚ trademarks‚ copyrights‚ business methodologies)‚ goodwill and brand recognition are all common intangible assets in today’s marketplace. Intangible assets have 3 critical attributes
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