The most common infection in the health care setting is Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and it is associated with sky rocketing hospital costs‚ deaths and complications. (Zacharioudakis‚ et al.‚ 2015) According to studies released in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2015‚ the current economic burden of infectious C. difficile has become the most common microbial cause of recurrent antibiotic-associated diarrhea and other gastrointestinal illnesses
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Surgical Site Infection In the United States surgical site infections is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital acquired infections. Surgical site infections are just one type of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) but I believe they are one of the most preventable. A surgical site infection is an infection of a wound that occurs after an invasive surgical procedure. It can take days before the patient even shows signs or symptoms of an infection. “Infection develops when
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SPIRITUALITY REFLECTING ON THE MISSION TO THE POOR “Sure that it was god’s will‚ Alphonsus picked up his courage and started to act; and making the total sacrifice of the city of Naples to Jesus Christ‚ he offered to live the rest of his days in sheep-folds and hovels‚ and to die amoung shepherds and country-folk” (A.M. Tannoia‚ Della vita ed Istituto del Ven. S. di D. Alfonso M. Liguori‚ I 66). To understand Redemptorists spirituality towards the poor‚ it is crucial to have a light of St. Alphonsus
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Does poor communication cause conflict? Essay written by: jmurdoch Is most conflict in an organisation is caused by poor communication? If we had perfect communication would conflict cease? Consider for example‚ an e-mail asking for some information "yesterday" to stress how important this request is. The sender thinks e-mails are great as they travel at the speed of light and spell things out in black & white. The recipient may consider that if its in a e-mail then it can ’t be that urgent
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Pertussis Whooping cough‚ which is also known as‚ Pertussis‚ is caused by infection by the Bordetella Pertussis bacteria. A highly contagious bacterial disease affects the respiratory system and produces spasms of coughing that usually end in a high-pitched whooping sound. Pertussis spreads faster in Hispanics and Asians‚ then in Caucasians‚ African Americans‚ and Persians. But Caucasians‚ African Americans and Persians are more
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Virology Journal Research BioMed Central Open Access Eco-epidemiological analysis of dengue infection during an outbreak of dengue fever‚ India Anita Chakravarti* and Rajni Kumaria Address: Department of Microbiology‚ Maulana Azad Medical College‚ Associated Lok Nayak Hospital‚ Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi110002‚ India Email: Anita Chakravarti* - dochak@yahoo.com; Rajni Kumaria - rajnikumaria@yahoo.com * Corresponding author Published: 14 April 2005 Virology Journal 2005‚ 2:32
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The post operative infection rate for patients having surgeries has slowly increased over the last several years and preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) has become a priority with many surgeons. The studies reviewed for this research have stressed the importance of prophylactic antibiotic therapy (Stefansdottir‚ et al. 2009) and that the timing of this dose being given is becoming the utmost importance; along with the importance of appropriate antibiotic being given. There is not a large
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America David K. Shipler David K. Shipler is the author of The Working Poor: Invisible in America‚ also winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his book Arabs and Jews: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land‚ and a Journalist/ Foreign correspondent for the New York Times. Shipler is a well known author who shows have had plenty of life experiences and education‚ while studying society and trying to understand the
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about Buddhism. In document four (doc. 4) written by Han Yu- male Chinese Confucian scholar and official at the Tang imperial court- the first statement is‚ "Your servant begs leave to say that Buddhism is no more than a cult of barbarian peoples spread to China." In that statement alone‚ the authors thought of the religion is exposed. Referring to the Buddhist followers as barbaric people is an extreme lack of respect and is an insult. The author also states towards the end‚ "...Buddha be given
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Sexually Transmitted Infections The case study chosen for this week’s discussion will be Case Study #1: Case Study 1: A 19-year-old Asian American female comes into the clinic for a well-woman checkup. She states that about three weeks ago she had a non-tender sore on her labia that resolved without treatment. Her gynecologic exam is normal but she has maculopapular lesions on her trunk‚ neck‚ palms‚ and soles of her feet. The remainder of her exam was unremarkable. Differential Diagnosis The
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