principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Explain employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection 1 ‘It is our responsibility as employees to take precautionary measures to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace; this involves working safely to protect myself‚ other staff‚ visitors and individuals from infections. Some of the legislation and regulations that relate to the control and prevention of infection include
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Classroom » How to Investigate an Outbreak Steps of an Outbreak Investigation On this Page Step 1: Prepare for Field Work Step 2: Establish the Existence of an Outbreak Step 3: Verify the Diagnosis Step 4: Define and Identify Cases Step 5: Describe and Orient the Data Step 6: Develop Hypotheses Step 7: Evaluate Hypotheses Step 8: Refine Hypotheses Step 9: Implement Control and Prevention Measures Step 10: Communicate Findings In investigating an outbreak‚ speed is essential‚ but getting
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handle a major epidemic/pandemic outbreak? My husband and I were watching a movie on HBO called Contagion and we started to debate on whether this incident could happen and how bad would the outcome be. I started to look into major epidemic/pandemics in US history and found a few (The Great Influenza of 1919‚ Smallpox against Native Americans‚ Polio in 1916‚ and the most recent Swine Flu outbreak of 2009). The question is what have we learned from these outbreaks and can we handle them if one breaks
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December 10‚ 2010 Microbiology Chain of Infection Link 1: The Organism (10 pts) Scientific name: Infectious mononucleosis Common name of disease: mono; also‚ the kissing disease Characteristics: [bacteria/virus/parasite‚ toxins‚ anaerobe/aerobe‚ etc] Mononucleosis is a lymphatic system disease‚ usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (first cultured by Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr). A similar condition is often caused by the
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Outbreak at Watersedge Outbreak at Watersedge is a game that incorporates public health by creating a mystery to solve. An outbreak of severe diarrhea has taken place and the player must find the origin of the mini epidemic. The discovery game explores professional roles in public health‚ collecting data to support the conclusion and eventually finding out the cause of the outbreak. As a player‚ I mapped individual’s placement before they contracted the illness‚ collected information of where to
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had escalated until they finally reached their boiling points‚ and eventually as expected they boiled over between countries resulting in a global war. Specifically‚ the tensions between Austria-Hungary and Russia were in fact most critical to the outbreak of war in 1914 because of their desires to prove their Great Power status in the Balkans‚ and their divergent relationships with Serbia. “…It came not as a result of imperialistic bickering over Africa and Asia but because of continuing animosity
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Unit ICO1 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1.The main roles and responsibilities of the employee in relation to prevention and control of infection are as follows: To use protective clothing when needed to stop cross contamination. This includes gloves‚ aprons and masks. To wash hands regularly and effectively. This needs to be done after handling food‚ personal care‚ toileting etc
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construct a simple ‘cases against time’ chart of the outbreak. From THIS data suggest when common exposure to infection may have occurred and explain your reasoning. Table 1. Cases against time. Date | Number of cases by area. | Total number of cases | | Town A | Town B | Village Y | Farm K | | 5th July | | | 1 | | 1 | 11th July | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | 12th July | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13th July | 5 | | 3 | | 8 | 14th July | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 15th July | 1 | | | | 1 | 16th July
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Chain of Infection As described above‚ the traditional epidemiologic triad model holds that infectious diseases result from the interaction of agent‚ host‚ and environment. More specifically‚ transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit‚ is conveyed by some mode of transmission‚ and enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host. This sequence is sometimes called the chain of infection. Figure 1.19 Chain of Infection Image
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Level 2 Award in the Prevention and Control of Infection (7395) Centre resource pack 500/4272/5 www.cityandguilds.com September 2008 Version 1.0 About City & Guilds City & Guilds is the UK’s leading provider of vocational qualifications‚ offering over 500 awards across a wide range of industries‚ and progressing from entry level to the highest levels of professional achievement. With over 8500 centres in 100 countries‚ City & Guilds is recognised by employers worldwide for providing qualifications
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