Urinary tract infection

This process has been referred to as the “Chain of Infection” like I explained in the earlier portion of this assignment. To stop the spread of disease, one or more of these links must be broken which will stop the spread. There are a number of things you can do to break the links pertaining to the “ Chain of Infection”. Having adequate hand hygiene, this can be with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand rub. Confirm that yours…

Healthcare-Associated Infections A healthcare-associated infection is an infection that develops when a person is receiving medical care in a health care setting, such as: A hospital. An outpatient clinic. A doctors’ office. A long-term care facility, such as a nursing home. A hemodialysis unit. A surgery center. You get this kind of infection when receiving medical care for something else. Common types of healthcare-associated infections include: Bloodstream…

last for several days and continue to randomly flare up (Carter, p77). The non-bacterial form of prostatitis is much harder to pinpoint the cause of. One of the many theories, is that an initial trigger event, such as trauma to perennial area, infection, or biopsy of the prostate, causes inflammation and the nerves to become sensitized coupled with the transmission of false pain signals that persist longer than the initial trigger (Carter, p78). Other theories suggest that prostatitis is…

The Prostate Gland: An Overview: Anatomy: The prostate gland is shaped as an inverted cone in which the apex is pointing downward, the base is referring upward, and the midgland is sandwiched in between. In an antro-posterior view, the gland lies with its long axis parallel to the anterior rectal wall. It is bordered superiorly by the bladder (ventrally) and the seminal vesicles (dorsally), and inferiorly by the urogenital diaphragm (Jung and Westphalen, 2012). The prostate is separated from…

injury or infection. This can make it difficult to pass urine. In women, the urethra opens above the vaginal opening. In men, the urethra opens at the tip of the penis, and the urethra is much longer than it is in women. Because of the length of the male urethra, urethral stricture is much more common in men. This condition is treated with surgery. CAUSES Common causes of urethral stricture in men and women include: • Urinary tract infection (UTI). • Sexually transmitted infection (STI).…

Neonatal sepsis is defined as clinical syndrome in an infant 28 days of life or younger,manifested by systemic signs of infection and isolation of a bacterial pathogen from the bloodstream (Edwards ms and baker cj 2004). Diagnosis and management of sepsis are agreat challenge facing neonatologists in nicus.clinical diagnosi of presentation is difficult due to non specific signs and symptoms . In addition,laboratory diagnosis is time consuming.this matter necessitates the initiation of empirical…

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…

normal pressure hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury); inflammation of bladder (calculi; tumor, including transitional cell carcinoma and carcinoma in situ; inflammatory lesions of the bladder; urinary tract infection); bladder outlet obstruction (see Urinary retention); stress urinary incontinence (mixed urinary incontinence; these conditions often coexist but relationship between them remains unclear); idiopathic causes (associated factors include depression, sleep apnea [Kemmer et al, 2009;…

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

Introduction It is inevitable that parents will eventually have to seek the expertise of a physician or pediatrician for their child with regard to advice, diagnosis, assessment, and/or resources. Oftentimes, parents enter physician’s office with thoughts about what is and what is not causing their symptoms to transpire offering their own interpretations (Gill & Roberts, 2012). Such encounters will allow for the opportunity for physicians to apply their medical expertise with a goal of…