Infection control

Intervention on Wound Infections in Adult Patients after Open Heart Surgery Mohsin Rasho and Jalal Dawood Valparaiso University I have neither given nor received, nor have I tolerated others' use of unauthorized aid. Mohsin Rasho & Jalal Dawood Effect of Staff Nurse Education Intervention on Wound Infections in Adult Patients after Open Heart Surgery Wound infections can occur in adult…

PREVENTING NOSOCOMIAL BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS Reducing the risk of nosocomial blood stream infection requires preventive activities in addition to standard precautions. If a nosocomial blood stream infection occurs, early diagnosis is important to prevent complications such as endocarditis and brain abscess. Any vascular access device (VAD) can serve as the source for a blood stream infection. Hand hygiene and strict attention to aseptic technique are essential…

bloodstream infections; wound infections; surgical site infections; Meningitis; and urinary tract infections (UTI) (CITE CDC). Bacterial Transmission…

all deaths. The major advances in infectious disease control to date have been through protection of food and water and through immunizations. New infectious diseases could spread only as fast and far as people could walk. Then as fast and far as horses could gallop and ships could sail. The last five centuries have seen more new diseases than ever before become potential pandemics.…

Mercer disease is a staph infection that is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. Mercer is another name for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; or MRSA for short. The infection begins either in the skin or a mucus membrane. The longer it goes untreated the deeper the infection burrows. MRSA can even get into the blood and spread the infection to the entire body. MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of…

use of statistical data, the predicted trend of Legionaries’ Disease cases is on the rise. Therefore, the active roles of a Public Health Inspector/Environmental Health Officer are very important in prevention and control. Synonyms of Legionaries’ Disease…

Otitis externa (OE) is an inflammation or infection of the external auditory canal (EAC), the auricle, or both. There are a few types of OE; acute diffuse OE, acute localized OE, chronic OE, eczematous OE, necrotizing (malignant) OE an Infection that extends into the deeper tissues adjacent to the EAC and Otomycosis an Infection of the ear canal from a fungal species. The acute OE is most common in swimmers while the acute localized OE is associated with infection of a hair follicle. The chronic…

particularly burn victims. “In hospitals, where the most serious infections occur, Pseudomonas can be spread on the hands of healthcare workers or by equipment that gets contaminated and is not properly cleaned.” (CDC 2014) The surface of a burn area provides the ideally environment for P. aeruginosa to quickly colonize and multiply. As burns heal, it develops a thick, scrablike crust. This crust acts as shield for the infection,…

S. aureus is clinically recognised as an important pathogen in terms of human infection. Despite its common presence in the natural microbiota of the human body, S. aureus is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections. Infection with this pathogen can lead to a range of disorders from relatively mild skin infections to life threatening illness such as osteomyelitis. The ability of S. aureus to control expression of a virulent phenotype according to environmental conditions is regulated…

of control measures. In developing countries, most especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a high incidence and prevalence of the disease and major prevention and control measures have been instituted to combat…