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Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene Kayla M. Fleming Milwaukee Area Technical College NRSAD 114: Management and Professional Concepts October 16th, 2016 Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene It’s hard to imagine washing or sanitizing your hands every time you touch someone you’ve known for a very long time. Hand hygiene seems common place in hospital settings but may sometimes go lacking in long term care settings due simply to familiarity with the people being cared for. Regardless of the…

Home Care and Safety Concerns According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary indicator of whether a person will add nearly 20 years to their life after reaching age 65 is their ability to make healthy lifestyle choices. Statistically, it does not matter if there are chronic conditions, diseases, or health concerns. Longevity is based upon the effective management of chronic conditions if they are present, or the prevention of them if they have not yet manifest.…

An omphalocele is a birth defect in which abdominal organs, primarily the intestines, herniate out of the body through a hole in the navel. Omphaloceles vary in size from containing only a portion of the small intestine to a majority of the abdominal organs, including most of the liver. This latter scenario, which includes about a third of omphalocele cases, is referred to as a giant omphalocele and can involve complications due to a small abdominal cavity and underdeveloped lungs.…

phone number that is legitimate. This article was written within the last year so it is current. “I Never Thought Smoking Would Do This.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.gov, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1 Feb. 2017, www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/cessation/quitting.…

Chickenpox is an “infectious disease that children can get caused by the varicella virus”. Symptoms manifest according to (Centers for Disease Control, 2017) “1-2 days before the rash appears with fever, fatigue, and a general feeling of illness”. It can cause fever and a blister- like rash which causes great discomfort and itching. With fluid-filled bumps that contain clear fluids that when it burst can be contagious and spread the infection to others. Varicella zoster virus can stay in the…

Safe drinking water act The EPA states that the safe drinking water act is a federal law used to ensure safe and clean drinking water for the public. Every single water public water system applies has to apply to this law. There are about 155000 public water systems providing water to almost all Americans to water in some time in their life. The government made the act so Americans can have safer drinking water and cleaner lakes and river by regulating. Warner magnuson introduced the act to…

Services that regulates foods, drugs, biologics, and medical devices, as well as veterinary and tobacco products. Biologics include the development and implication of vaccines and their distribution and administration. Vaccines are regulated by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). The chief responsibility of CBER is to ensure that these vaccines are safe and effective for human use. The FDA works with international agencies and governments to approve newly developed…

America people are struggling to balance food intake and activity in their daily occupations, resulting in childhood obesity. Research is being conducted today to understand the behaviors that cause childhood obesity and prevention (Hettler, 1967). The Center of Disease Control (2015) data states that “more than 1 in 3 adults are considered to be obese; and more than 1 in 6 children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be obese.” Obesity is a health epidemic that affects individuals,…

Behavior Survey, 1 in 10 high school students who dated someone in the past 12 months reported being slapped or purposefully hit and physically hurt by a partner. "YRBSS Journal Articles." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Youth Risk Behavior Survey- Dating Violence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 Aug. 2016. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. Dating violence does not just come in the form of physical abuse; it can also be emotional, psychological, or sexual. ("Dating Abuse Statistics –…

disorder is low activity or over activity of the immune system. In the case of over activity the body attacks and damages its own tissues, which is known as an autoimmune disease (WebMD, 2015). Autoimmune diseases affect up to 50 million individuals in the United State, and of that 75% of them are women (Roddick, 2015). Autoimmune disease occur when your body defends itself against invading pathogen, and then decided that self-tissue is foreign. This results in the body attacking one’s own…