Clostridium tetani

“More people now die each year of hospital acquired infections than of AIDS, traffic accidents, and the flu combined,” (Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, 2014). Many people believe that healthcare facilities are regularly disinfected, that surfaces and equipment are always sterilized, and that the staff is demanded by law to use hygienic methods all the time, but that may not be the case. The majority of the time, healthcare-associated infections are transmitted from patient to…

As we get older people become responsible, as adults we are responsible for several things. Through time we probably have many responsibilities that we stress over and we might develop major health issues. Two of the most common chronic headaches in the world are tension and migraine headaches. These headaches are mostly common in adults could start at any age but it 's mostly common in the ages of 20’s-40’s. In the US 12% percent of Americans suffer from headaches like tension and migraine…

Healthcare acquired infections, or HAIs, are preventable infections that a patient obtains while receiving treatment for another infection or surgical condition. These types of infections can occur in a variety of clinical care settings such as acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis facilities, outpatient care, and long-term care facilities. HAIs can be caused by the use of medical devices such as catheters, central lines, or ventilators, and by surgical procedures. In fact,…

Thank you for you information request on Florastor® (Saccharomyces boulardii) and prevention of Clostridium difficile. As you stated earlier, Ms. JS was recently transferred from another facility to Llano Estacado Estates for a higher level of care. JS is an 84 year old, female patient that has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia, anxiety, depression, insomnia, hypothyroidism, constipation, and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). She is currently on the following medications: Aricept®…

Bio II Bacteria Paper: Clostridium Botulinum Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that causes the illness, in humans known as botulism (Smith and Sugiyama, 1988). It produces a potent neurotoxin called botulinum toxin that causes botulism or foodborne botulism. The spores are heat resistant and can survive in foods that are incorrectly or poorly processed (FDA). There are seven recognized types of botulism (A-G) but only A, B, E, and F cause human…

All people have their own problems, some more drastic then others. A person may have poor eyesight, another may have muscle problems. Now, what if you have a bacteria infection; and wish to get rid of it? Then Tetracycline is the drug for you to be interested in. Tetracycline is a drug focused on greatly reducing the bacteria in an area of the body. If you have any kind of infection, this is the drug for you. However, you may be asking "what exactly does it do to help me? What are the side…

1. Describe what may occur if hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity occur as a result of drug use. Hepatotoxicity is when the liver detoxifies and metabolizes foreign chemicals in the blood. It can be damaged by drugs or their metabolic products. If liver cells are injured, enzymatic abnormalities usually occur which is when fatty liver deposits form, hepatitis occurs, and in the worst cases liver failure can result. Nephrotoxicity occurs when nephron tubules and/or filtration abilities of the…

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotics that at one time were able to kill them. It is a growing issue in today’s society especially since it is unknown how these microbes are able to mutate around a treatment that was once lethal to them. The consensus in the healthcare community is that these microbes will be an increasing threat until a solution is found. There is still discussion and controversy over the best method of identification and infection…

With healthcare being such a rapidly moving field it is important that we, as aspiring medical professionals, understand what is progressing in our profession. Within the blink of an eye healthcare changes; doctors, professors, phds, are coming up new theories, journals and studies daily. It is our job as current students in this field to do our best to further understand these journals studies, etc.and the writing that is involved in our field. Why you may ask? There are arguably an infinite…

As mentioned earlier, this experiement investigates “How effective are antimicrobial substances; natural compared to synthetic at preventing the bacterial growth of E.coli?” Despite the numerous trials conducted for accuracy, further experiment would need to be done in order to completely determine the effectiveness of both natural and synthetic antimicrobial substances. The hypothesis of this experiment stated that the synthetic antimicrobial substance used: Dettol was much more effective in…