Name of Disease Pertussis, also commonly called Whooping Cough Description of Disease (taxonomic classification, and picture of pathogen Pertussis aka Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis from the Betaproteobacteria class and Alcaligenaceae family Scientists have found eight species in the Bordetella genus, and of those eight, three of them are known to be pathogenic to humans. The most common are B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, and both cause whooping cough in people. They are distinguished by the toxins released during infection. B. Parapertussis releases toxins that appear to be a less severe form of pertussis and B. bronchiseptica may cause respiratory problems in humans…
For instance if the MRSA travels its way inside the body the blood stream through the wound or into the lungs. This can cause serious infections such as Osteomyelitis which is an infection of a bone.…
I think what happened to jay horrible and I wish that he never had to go through that pain. We need to be more cautious about which hospital we go to and make sure they are up to date on precautions and health regulations and make sure the doctors are exceptional in their work. But, even though we try our best we might still come down with MRSA/VRE sometimes we just can’t help it. Things happen and we can’t always fix it but we can do our best to fight it and try to contain it.…
It is unfortunately quite a common infection in the United States and worldwide. Individuals who are hospitalized have the greatest risk of becoming infected. Improper hand washing, the lack of sterilization and disinfection, and not using the right personal protective equipment, as well as not using it effectively are the biggest reasons why nosocomial infections such as MRSA are spread in health care settings. I want to be a Dental Hygienist and in order to prevent the spread of MRSA in medical facilities we can start by always washing our hands in between everything we do. Instead of taking off our gloves and slipping into another pair we should be washing our hands in between every pair we switch to because the insides of gloves are wonderful, warm and moist environment for bacteria to flourish and grow in.…
Regardless of the timeframe when infection occurs, the Staphylococci bacteria are among the most common cause of infection in surgical and prosthetic joint procedures. S. aureus, in particular, is frequently the primary contributing bacteria of late onset infections (Moran, Byren & Atkins, 2010). During a case study of post-surgical infections, over half of the S. aureus infections were also found to be caused by the methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain, also known as MRSA (Anderson, et. al., 2010).…
Strep throat is a contagious disease also known as streptococcal pharyngitis. It causes inflammation and swelling of mucous membranes or the lining of the back of the throat and the tonsils. The symptoms of strep throat include sudden pain in the throat without cold symptoms such as coughing or sneezing. Also white or yellow spots on your throat or tonsils, plus a bright red throat or dark red spots on the roof of your mouth or near the back of your mouth towards the throat.…
Infections are a common risk factor for any patient in the hospital. The occurrence of an infection is an even greater concern when the patient receives an invasive procedure, such as placement of a Central Venous Access Device. With proper technique and licensed staff placing a central venous access device, the risk for complications can be minimized. Champions for Central Line Care is a journal that explains “the team approach for reducing CLABSIs. (Reed, Brock, & Anderson, 2014, p. 40)” CLABSI can be defined as a Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection (Giddens, 2014, p. 469).…
Introduction The number of patients diagnosed with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA) among the total of patient admitted in hospitals are getting higher. That occurrence tends to appear common in the health care field. Different interventions are putting in place to stop or limit the spread of the disease. According to the CDC (2010), people who come in contact with MRSA should adopt a high hand hygiene behavior, by cleaning hands, not sharing personal items, to have a clean environment and/or wearing a mask.…
A strict fluid balance chart should be continued and any adverse assessment findings should be documented and reported. Secondary complications that occur in patients who have undergone a THR include; infection, pulmonary complication and venous thromboembolism (VTE). It should be a priory of the nurse to implement prophylactic strategies that will not only assist Mr Simons in returning to health as soon as possible, but to avoid secondary problems that may deteriorate his health further. Strategies suggested by Burscough & Smith (2009) employed to prevent secondary infections associated with hospital stays include; five moments of hand hygiene, aseptic techniques for catheter and wound cares and administering all antibiotics prescribed by the medical team. Pulmonary complications are the leading cause of mortality and mobility for postoperative patients, common severe complications include; pneumonia, a lobular collapse, pneumonitis and respiratory insufficiency (Bergin et al., 2014).…
Bree Edwards October 12, 2015 Respiratory Therapy 210 What Does a Respiratory Therapist Do? Respiratory therapists are important health care professionals who provide care for patients with acute and chronic abnormal cardiopulmonary systems. They are educated and trained professionals who focus on providing quality respiratory care to patients. Almost seventy five percent of respiratory therapists work in a hospital setting while the other twenty five percent work in clinics, sleep study research and skilled nursing facilities. The main goal of a respiratory therapist is to deliver appropriate care of a patient by helping treat or identify the problem in order to assist the patient in reversing or helping with their illness or condition.…
The development of Mid Western Han Dynasty and Intellectual School In ancient China, intellectual schools played important roles in consolidating the government of a strong state and shaping the way people read, think, talk and live. If I were the emperor living in the mid Western Han dynasty, I would like to promote Confucianism as the main intellectual school to generalize in my country by considering the present domestic and foreign situations and different views of Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism. At mid Western Han Dynasty, Xiongnu, who formed as a nomadic tribe, is one of the biggest enemies of Han dynasty. Xiongnu kept on opposing against the Han Dynasty and invaded the border area frequently. At early Western Han dynasty, the chaos caused by wars between Han dynasty and Xiongnu had affected the economy badly.…
Chronic Bronchitis Have you ever tried to breathe through a straw? Imagine living your entire life breathing through a straw. Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD live that on a daily basis. COPD is a progressive disease that gets worse over time, effecting the lungs of the patients suffering from it making very difficult to breathe. Smoking is the leading cause in patients who have COPD however, an exposure over a long period of time to lung irritants has been known to cause this disease.…
727 words Influenza nfluenza is also called the flu but it is not your common flu it is a highly contagious viral ere illness and can also cause infection the viral infection influenza can kill. The flu causes life threatening complications including pneumonia. The flu is spread by direct contact with a person with the infection and a person without. The estimated amount of deaths that influenza assist with is around three thousand in just Australia.…
Health care-acquired infection (HCAI) is a foremost problem for patient safety and its surveillance. Prevention of HCAI has got to be the first main concern for settings and institutions dedicated to making health care safer. The impact of HCAI implies extended hospital stay, long-term disability, increased antimicrobials resistance of microorganisms, massive extra economic load, high expenses for patients and their families, and excess mortalities ( Boyce J., 2009). In the USA, 10%, or 2 million, patients a year become infected (HCAI), with the annual cost ranging from $4.5 billion to $11 billion. The most frequent type of infection hospital-wide is urinary tract infection (36%), followed by surgical site infection (20%), and bloodstream infection and pneumonia (both 11%)(World Health Organization, 2009).…
“Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. Aureus (MRSA), is the most common organism that is causing SSIs,” (Spine, 2014, pp. 387). There are a couple ways proposed at helping the incidences decline one research has determined that using vancomycin powder could lower rates of SSIs (Chiang et al., 2015). “The pooled risk estimates from these studies revealed that vancomycin powder remained significantly protective against all SSIs, deep incisional SSIs, and S. aureus SSIs”, (Chiang et al., 2015). This is one way to protect against surgical site infections without complication, there are also other approaches which don’t use more medications. Edmiston and Spencer think language barriers are one reason why people are getting SSIs, they also state that surgical care bundles can lower the risk of surgical site infections, (2014, p. 617).…