Nosocomial infection

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…

Hospital Acquired Infection Hospital acquired infections (nosocomial infection) are infections that develop within a hospital or are produced by microorganism acquired during hospitalization. HAI’s are common in intensive care units (ICU’s). The incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infection in ICUs is much greater than in the general in-patient population of hospital. The rates and types of hospital acquired infection, the distribution of microorganism that cause the infection and the…

Introduction Critically ill patients are at heightened risk of hospital-acquired infections, which increase patient morbidity and mortality rates. Registered nurses are the main health care providers of physical care, including hygiene to reduce and prevent hospital-acquired infections, for hospitalized critically ill patients. Much emphasis has been placed on healthcare giver hand hygiene, but little research into the hand hygiene of patients. Evidenced based review When first starting the…

These micro organisms are components of the intestinal flora in animals and humans. Serratia are opportunistic pathogens, healthy humans’ infections being rare1,3. S. marcescens was long time considered a non-pathogenic bacterial species but today is considered an important human pathogen in hospitals which leads to cause a significant agent of nosocomial infections with different severities3,4,5,6,7.…

provide care for babies. Newborn who admitted in NICU are susceptible to infection especially neonates which has immature host defense mechanisms. In NICU, this neonate frequently expose to antibiotics and invasive procedure environment. Neonates are at higher risk of developing an infection and certain health problem raise baby risk for the infection. Infection occurs when body exposed and germs enter the body. Nosocomial infection usually happen on population of extremely low birth weight…

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…

have been associated with nosocomial outbreak and are opportunistic pathogens. They can cause numerous infections such as cerebral abscess, pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, some certain UTI infections. In addition, they have been noted in intravascular device-related infections, and surgical site infections. Many variants can cause extra intestinal infections. They are commonly found in…

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

rod-shaped, gram-negative anaerobic bacillus, that is a member of the genus Serratia, which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. It has become an important opportunistic pathogen associated with a number of life-threatening diseases and nosocomial infections (Hejazi and Falkiner, 1997). S. marcescens is known to have high survival capability under hostile conditions; it is commonly found in a number of disinfectants as well as in nutrient-poor reservoirs such as drinking water, soil and/or…

inflammatory response (SIR) to infection. Children with septicemia diagnosed by fever, hard breathing, tachycardia, malaise, inability to eat or lethargy, but those with asymptomatic bacteraemia tend to appearance of no obvious signs of infection. Deaths happened as result of pediatric septicemia are likely to be greater in low-income settings. In hospital setting, the ratio of septic infections due to gram-negative bacteria (GNB) ranges between 30% and 80% where infections because of…