Legionella

industry because it determines the reputation of the hotel by enabling guests to decide whether the standard of cleanliness is sufficient. Without a well ordered and clean environment the hotel may become prone to certain health diseases such as legionella bacteria. This bacterium lives in water and can cause a Pontiac fever or a legionnaires disease which results in pneumonia. Autumn and Summer are the most common outbreaks with these bacteria’s and therefore the housekeeping department needs…

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children worldwide, accounting for fifteen percent of all deaths of children under 5 years old. It is also the a diseases that is a bacteria, a virus, and a mycoplasma. The disease cases and number of deaths caused by pneumonia increases every year. Many factors affect how serious pneumonia is, such as the type of germ causing the infection , the age, and overall health. It is another type of bacteria/virus disease that could harm the immune…

The purpose of this experiment was to see if different fragrances affected a soap’s antibacterial properties. In this experiment, non-scented Alconox soap was used as the control. The experimental groups consisted of Joy lemon dishwashing soap, Dawn Escapes New Zealand Springs dishwashing soap, and the soap from the campus bathroom dispenser. The subject’s hands were washed with each of these soaps for approximately 30 seconds with each soap. The subject’s right hand was swabbed for each sample.…

City brings her 6-year-old child to see her primary care physician, complaining that her child has seemed “off” for the past month. The child has been extremely fatigued and taking multiple naps during the day that do not seem to refresh her. She is normally a good sleeper at night and recently has begun to have trouble with multiple awakenings. The child has also complained multiple times of frequent headaches throughout the week. She has also been seen to exhibit some confusion while playing…

a bacterial protein synthesis inhibitor that prevents the growth and replication of the bacteria. The spectrum of antibacterial activity is primarily effective against gram-positive bacteria, Streptococci, Coryne-bacteria, Neisseria, Moraxella, Legionella pneumophila, and Bacteroides fragilis by preventing the turnover of elongation factor G (EF-G) from the ribosome. It is inactive on most gram-negative bacteria. Fucidin is generally prescribed to treat common skin infections as impetigo…

James Petrovsky was at his usual state until 3/12/2017 evening, he refused to walk or stand. When staff assisted him to stand, he dropped to the floor. The nursing assessment was completed, he was afebrile and no distress was noted. On the morning of 3/13/2017, still he refused to walk or stand and nurse was notified. Up on nursing assessment, he had shortness of breath with wheezing and his SPO2 was around 84% on room air. He was sent to Vista East ER on 3/13/2017 by 911 due to respiratory…

they are either a parasite or live independently they are found in all living things and in all environments. Some bacteria in drinking water can cause disease such as salmonella, total coliform (including fecal coliform and E.coli), Shigella, Legionella, and Campylobacter and “their presence indicates that the water may be contaminated by human or animal wastes”. Some bacteria break down organic matter and play an important ecological role, other support in the human metabolism and usually they…

This chapter discusses about the health hazard and hygiene in the workplace. Hazards can be found in every workplace. Hazard is generally anything that makes you in a dangerous situation. Health hazard is means that the hazard brings negative effect and harm to the health which is may cause measurable changes in the body. There are many hazard in the workplaces have the potential to harm workers short-term and long-term health result in diseases, disorders and injuries (Alison et. al., 2008).…

Community Acquired Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection of the lung that involves alveoli, also known as air sacs, and is caused by various microbes including viruses, bacteria, or fungi. It is one of the leading causes of mortalities across the globe. Pneumonia commonly occurs in persons living in their home community hence the community-acquired pneumonia and also among patients who may be hospitalized for other dissimilar reasons as to pneumonia, hospital-acquire pneumonia. Up until 1930,…

Active against a wide range of human bacterial infections, mostly Gram-negative bacteria including Pseudomonas, Proteus, Serratia, and the Gram-positive Staphylococcus. Gentamicin is not used for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis or Legionella pneumophila bacterial infections (because of the risk of the patient going into shock from lipid A endotoxin found in certain Gram-negative organisms). Gentamicin is also useful against Yersinia pestis, its relatives, and Francisella…