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Literature Review The majority of the literature agrees that antibiotic resistance is a serious issue that results mainly due to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This issue is causing a large financial impact on the health care system. A study conducted by Rajasekar, Guest, and Bodansky (2015), analyzed the medical records of 100 patients in order to ascertain whether or not these patients actually had illnesses that could be treated with antibiotics, or if the antibiotics were misused.…

So if genetic testing can be so beneficial, why is it ethically controversial? As President Bill Clinton once said, we must “recognize that this extraordinary march of human understanding imposes on us profound responsibilities, to make sure that the age of discovery can continue to reflect our most cherished values” ("President Clinton 's Comments on the Signing," 2013). Because of its nature, genetic testing leads to a whole host of potential problems including genetic discrimination, the use…

Introduction Unit managers are men or woman who manage and lead in a nursing unit. Unit managers have many responsibilities of which scheduling, prevention of absenteeism as well as maintaining a cross infection free environment is just a mere few of them. In this assignment I will learn in detail about the above mentioned topics. PART A Guidelines used to ensure fair scheduling of nursing staff Scheduling Scheduling can be defined as the way in which shifts and divisions of shifts are…

Food is a source of nutrients not only for humans but microorganisms as well. Food safety is a term for all measures and concepts that are intended to ensure that food is safe to eat and cannot cause a health problem or poisoning. The issue of food safety is a universal concern, this is because everyone must to consume food. Bacteria are everywhere, in the air, in the water, in the ground, on our food, on our skin and inside our bodies. Food scares have been numerous in the United States in the…

Introduction: Bacteria are very diverse and are part of the prokaryotic domain. Some bacteria can be harmful, but others can also be beneficial in many ways. There are bacteria everywhere on Earth; places that you would think would have bacteria, like your gastrointestinal tract or our skin (Wenner, 2007). Although bacteria are small in size and are a simple cell organism, it is essential to life. There are different ways in how to distinguish and classify bacteria. One way is you can look…

The variability of the human gut microbiome and its effect on health Abstract The human gut microbiome consists of a wide range of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and archaea which can be found in the gastrointestinal tract. This gut microbiome can have both beneficial and harmful effects on the host. On one hand, it is involved in processes such as modulation of the immune system and metabolism which are beneficial for the human host. On the other hand, an imbalance in the gut microbiome…

Abstract Experiment 3-14 of the Microbiology: Laboratory Theory & Application lab manual was conducted to utilize the various morphological characteristics of organisms for the identification of unknown broth culture sample #26. Staining techniques including the gram stain and capsule stain were applied to initially describe the sample as a gram-positive staphylococci bacterium. Upon further examination and comparison with the gram-positive control, the microorganism was correctly described as…

Meningitis occurs in as much as 50 percent of cases, beginning with the onset of respiratory distress. After gastrointestinal exposure, nausea, vomiting, fever and severe abdominal pain result. Penicillin is used for the treatment of anthrax. (12) Clostridium botulinum is a spore-form anaerobic bacteria found in soil. It is also associated with home-canned food items and is a rare, although naturally occurring, disease. It produces seven different toxins that, depending on the toxin, produce…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Every organism needs food to live. Importance of food has increased enormously in case of human. With the rapid growth of the population the demand of food has also increased. Fresh and unprocessed food have very less shelf life. The increasing demand of food also increased the need of extending shelf life of foods. Different natural and chemical substances called food preservatives are being used to increase the shelf life of food which prevents microbial growth and…

AIDS-related lymphoma is a broad term for a group of blood cancers that, as its name implies, affects AIDS patients. There are various types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) that this category encompasses, so it is not as clear-cut as one might imagine. AIDS-related lymphomas are very complex diseases with many factors to consider. It is important to understand the origin of AIDS-related lymphoma. According to the article “AIDS-Related Malignancies,” AIDS-related lymphoma is believed to be…