The Upper Hand

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worldwide (World Health Organization, 2009). The spread of microorganisms causing HCAIs are frequently linked to health care workers and poor hand hygiene, therefore, hand hygiene is considered to be the an essential infection practice in protecting our patients and ourselves. According to the Center Disease Control (CDC), there are numerous variables surrounding hand hygiene that increase patients risk of contacting HCAI, one such example being long natural or artificial nails. Background In…

Although medical and nursing staff employ the use of standard and additional precautions the single most important thing that staff can do whilst working is perform effective hand washing to reduce the risks of cross contamination. Everyone has some form of resident flora on their body, this helps the host to stay healthy but when this resident flora is transferred by contact to another person this may cause the person to become ill. In addition to this resident flora a person picks up…

The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) has a current compliance rate of hand hygiene on the floor of less than 50% with bi-annual visual monitoring. This monitoring is carried out by infection control staff members on a 5-day bi-annual basis and may be inaccurate due to basis and visibility limitations. Reporting to the joint commission requires that the VASNHS show improvement with the goal being a compliance rate of 90% or better. The VASHCS has failed to show improvement of 10%…

Just like last week, I was nervous about class today. I love learning about dueling, but I have a good heart and I don’t like to hurt people, so learning ways to bind them and freeze them is something I never thought I’d be learning. I wish I could cover my eyes and still be able to cast. Then I wouldn’t see the result! I suppose that means I wouldn’t be able to defend myself either, and would lose every duel… Argh. Professor Silvers went through The Stunning Spell and the Full Body Bind Curse…

Policy: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an infection that gets into patients when they receive or get treatment for a medical or surgical condition. Most infections can occur when treatments are being given to health care facilities as well as hospitals and outpatients surgery centers. It can also occur when a patient is getting treatment at home or a community clinic. Most of the infections come from the common but unusual bacteria, viruses or fungi's. HAI is one of the leading…

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…

Q3) What do you understand by “effective hand cleansing”. Describe each method separately: Transmission of microorganisms on the hands of healthcare workers is the most common cause of cross infection, occurring directly from patient contact or indirectly via contact with the environment. Hand hygiene is therefore considered to be one of the most important procedures in the prevention of cross contamination and cross infection. When to perform hand wash: Before: the beginning of the shift,…