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The right fielder catches it. Frustrated and irritated, I jog back to home plate to retrieve my bat. I know my coach will tell me I had a great hit. But I know a truly amazing hit would have never been caught. On defense, Kraze holds back Intensity when the…

The School to Prison Pipeline is a systemic process usually put into racial and class contexts due to how it disproportionately affects poor students of color. Poor students of color are systematically marginalized and dehumanized, often finding themselves pushed towards deviancy and a criminal lifestyle within the school system. However, the policies and practices that lead to such a pipeline are not exclusive to just poor students of color, but marginalized groups in general. Shannon D. Snapp…

As I dragged myself through the overcrowded, labyrinth of a subway, I finally admitted to my defeat and sat down on a bench. It was around eight o’clock and I was on my way home from the elementary school, taking my usual route through the subway station. I recall sitting on that bench for quite awhile, staring straight ahead at a huge, brightly lit advertising screen showing a before and after photo of a teen’s face that had undergone cosmetic surgery. I was distracted finally by a group of…

precautions, healthcare workers can lower the risk of healthcare-associated infections. These precautions include hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), and respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette. The most important prevention in stopping or limiting the spread of infection is proper handwashing. Preventing infections related to residual microorganisms on the hands can be done by washing hands before and after each patient care activity. The rationale behind this is to decrease risk of…

ASSESMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF HOSPITAL SUPPORT STAFF ON INFECTION PREVENTION IN THIKA LEVEL 5 HOSPITAL 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 STUDY BACKGROUND Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) also referred to as Nosocomial infections are those infections occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or any other health care facility that was not manifesting or incubating at the time of admission (Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis & Pittet, 2011). Nosocomial Infections are not limited to…

violently destroys the pagan idols and forces it upon his people. The use of force and violence is associated with Paganism because it involves the “taking” of cultures in order to establish Christianity. Nevertheless, the monks perform a sleight of hand, because the show establishment of Christianity through very actively aggressive, Pagan…

disease control. From the early era of hospitals patients were at times in the same bed as another patient, thus spreading disease from one to another. A Hungarian obestritician by the name of Ignaz Semmelweis found and adovacted on the importance of hand washing. However, it was not until a physician by the name of Joseph Lister who created a spray to use while conducting surgery, thus being successful in the reduction of mortality rates of patients. The effect of infection and disease…

countries across the globe. They have been really innovative in coming up with various products which range from soaps to hand sanitizers and soaps, and even to body care products for men and women. For example, lifebuoy has been able to come up with a hand wash that can kill 99.9% germs within a time frame of 10 seconds. In fact, as a result of this, in 2012, the lifebuoy superfast hand wash campaign was awarded the Global Effie award. Other products of lifebuoy include: lifebuoy bar soaps,…

Are You Washing Your Face All Wrong? Overview Your face is the center of your beauty and therefore calls for maximum care. Washing your face is one of the basic ways to protect the beauty of your skin. It enables you to get rid of the cover of dirt and excess oil that can clog the skin pores. Leaving your pores clogged can lead to acne outbreak, something that most teenagers and young adults are struggling with. A layer of dirt also prevents the appearance of the younger growing skin. This…

Introduction : Hand washing is one of the effective measures for avoiding the spread of multiple resistant bacteria and reducing the health care-associated infections. “Adherence with recommendations for hand hygiene remains low, but key factors of noncompliance have been identified and corrective actions proposed”( Pittet D,1999 ). Hand washing is very important for patients , relative and all health care workers. The main objective of hand hygiene in the medical practices is to eliminate…