with the ability to produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases are resistant to many classes of antibiotics. The most frequent are resistance to aminoglycosides‚ fluoroquinolones‚ tetracyclines‚ chloramphenicol andtrimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.(3)Infection with carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumonia (CRKP) or carbapenemase-producing klebsiella pneumonia is emerging as an important challenge in health-care settings(4) In the USA‚ it was first described in North Carolina in 1996:(5) since then CRKP
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Unit 4222-264 The Principles of infection prevention and control (IC 01) Outcome 1 – Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections. 1. Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. It is the responsibility of employees to ensure they attend all necessary training that the employers provide regarding infection control and prevention. If an employee comes across a hazard such as bodily fluids spilt in
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number of greatly feared strains of S. aureus‚ which have become resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA strains are most often found associated with institutions such as hospitals‚ but are becoming increasingly prevalent in community-acquired infections. Research Study: IBM‚ the computer company‚ working on nanoparticles that polymerize into structures that are able to attack MRSA bacteria without harming the healthy tissue around it. Once these polymers come into contact with water in or on the body
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Week 2 Discussion 2 - Clinical Research Project‚ Research Question‚ and Hypothesis Please respond to the following: 1. What is the problem and why is this an issue? The research problem that is being explored is how to prevent infections in people who use long term indwelling urinary catheters. As patients get injured or as they age; there is a growing need to have assistance with releasing urine from the bladder. A major problem with urinary catheters is that whilst they drain the bladder‚ they
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Research Critique The aim of this assignment is to critical analyse and evaluate a primary piece of evidence within the author’s clinical practice. Prior to analysing the literature the author will give a brief description of the term clean intermittent self-catheterisation‚ identify various conditions where this procedure may be undertaken and the assessment process which is necessary for patients before they can carry out this procedure. Due to word limitations the term Clean intermittent self-catheterisation
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Research Process 12/15/2010 Final Research Paper Hear our cries The negative effects of Genital
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synthesizing bacteria. Lysis of bacteria causes a lack of bacterial cell wall leading to death. Amoxicillin is used to treat several forms of infections of the nose‚ ear‚ skin‚ urinary tract‚ or throat and other infections caused by bacteria‚ such as bronchitis‚ pneumonia‚ and tonsillitis. R.T. was prescribed amoxicillin to treat acute otitis media‚ infection of the right ear. Amoxicillin 750 mg/15 mL by oral suspension every 12 hours for 10 day. This dose is appropriate for the treatment of acute
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Owing to the lower clearance of imipramine in plasma‚ elderly patients require lower doses of imipramine than patients in younger age groups. DRUG INTERACTIONS : phenytoinany other antidepressant‚ or medication to treat mental illness bladder or urinary medicines such as darifenacin‚ tolterodine‚ solifenacinbronchodilators such as ipratropium or tiotropiumcold or allergy medicine that contains an antihistamine medication for Parkinson’s disease; or medication to treat excess stomach acid‚ stomach
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blood and controlling the body’s fluid balance through the removal of waste within the Mammalian Species. With the kidney being fundamental to the both the urinary and the reproductive system their relationship lies in the embryonic development of these systems and the anatomical locations of the systems. It is firstly noted that both the urinary and reproductive systems in humans are formed from the same embryonic layer during fetal development. The two systems differentiate themselves into two
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forming a "stone" shape that can remain in the kidneys or exit the body through the urinary tract. Kidney stones can vary in size and can cause slight
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