What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. The process of infection can be broken down into stages‚ each of which can be blocked by different defense mechanisms. In the first stage‚ a new host is exposed to infectious particles shed by an infected individual. The number‚ route‚ mode of transmission‚ and stability of an infectious agent outside the host determines its infectivity. Some pathogens‚ such as anthrax
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discuss the statement: ‘Infection prevention is every healthcare professional’s responsibility’. In order to identify the healthcare professional’s responsibility the author will be drawing from three different sources including documents from the Department of Health‚ the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s code of conduct and the Royal College of Nursing. After this‚ the essay will talk about two different practises that healthcare professionals can use to break the chain of infection. These will include
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1.1 Why are managers needed in an organization? What is their main goal? Well‚ congratulations on completing the first block of this course – Strategy. We can think on Strategy as a high level plan for achieving firm’s goals under conditions of uncertainty and continuous change. Now‚ what is the connection between Strategy and Management? It is simply the firm’s goals. The role of management is to move and guide firm toward goal accomplishment. During the Strategy block‚ we learned that every company
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For this assignment‚ I choose to watch the movie Outbreak‚ which is a movie about a hemorrhagic virus called “Mutoba”. In the movie‚ the host of the virus was a monkey. The descriptive epidemiology of the disease is as follows the virus was first discovered in 1967 in a small village in Zaire that was only a spread by contact. The virus was brought to the camp by a couple of men that sent out to build roads in the jungle then they came back to the village and drank from the well‚ from there all the
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Yanik Desai Anthrax Research Paper 3/31/11 The outbreak I will be studying is the anthrax bioterrorism of 2001. The outbreak began in the Florida Postal Service and spread throughout the entire nation over a short period of time. The epidemic unofficially began on October 4th when there were findings of anthrax in the mail‚ but the first reported case/illness was on October 12th‚ 2001. The causative agent of anthrax is Bacillus Anthracis (American Anthrax). Although the anthrax issue was unknown
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION Infection control measure‚ nowadays‚ are widely implemented in every healthcare facility in the country due to the relationship between the patient’s safety and nosocomial infection. As these facilities are responsible for ensuring the health and well being of individuals‚ it is essential to effectively control the spread of infection‚ most especially those that can be acquired within the hospital setting. Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired in the
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"An acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the stomach and intestine with the bacterium Vibrio Cholera". Cholera can be characterized as a flu however such symptoms include diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ leg cramps‚ dehydration and shock. Why is the Cholera disease dangerous? Cholera is considered dangerous due to the fact that an individual can become severely dehydrated and the rapid loss of fluid that can occur over a short period of time. How does an individual get cholera? "A person can get cholera
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Cross Infection Definition Cross infection is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person‚ object‚ or place to another‚ or from one part of the body to another (such as touching a staph-infected hand to the eye). When this cross infection occurs in a hospital or long-term care facility it is called a nosocomial infection. Community acquired infections are those contracted anywhere except a hospital or long-term care facility. Description Cross infection accounts for
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In this task I will be explaining the impact of antisocial behaviour on the communities and the individual. P4: Public perception of crime (own experience‚ media influence); The public perception of crime can be influenced by the media as they can make a situation bigger than it originally is. Depending on the situation the public‚ could be affected in a bad way. For example if a gang is persistently committing crimes then the community will be aware of this. Communities will judge crimes by
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The response by the military in the film to the zombie outbreak appears to be far more rapid that would be expected based on Brooks’ descriptions of zombie outbreaks. Barry’s sister Brook is show as being captured by a pair of military men searching for survivors in what seems to be the morning after the outbreak. What could at first possibly be seen as a rescue quickly takes a nefarious turn as the men rough handle and test Brook’s blood for an unknown purpose. Once her blood checks out‚ the men
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