Importance Of Microbiology
Importance of Microbiology| in Nursing Agriculture Pharmacy
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Microbiology is a subject dealing with microbes and related concepts. Microbiology has come a long way since discovery of microbes and is presently of great help to mankind. It is used in health care, food production, diagnosis, production of alcohol, maintenance of sterility and cleanliness etc.
Though the subject was initially limited to study of microbes and their characteristics or properties, latter it was explored to see all possible applications and benefits to man.
Microbiology was a boon to eradicate mass destructive epidemics like rabies, small pox and many other infectious diseases.
The present society is so dependent on it that without it there can no proper health and health care.
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY
This can be seen by its applications in pharmaceutical, medical, nursing, food, industrial, environment, soil and agriculture. Such diverse application and uses indicates the importance of studying microbiology.
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY IN NURSING: Use of microbiology in nursing is concerned with diagnosis. It also helps see how the patients health progresses during the treatment.
Nurses use hot water or anti-septic as a measure to sterilize the surgical knives, needles,scissors or any other metals to free from microbes.
Microbiology also gives knowledge to nurses on how to handle a patient and his samples infected with communicable diseases.
If a patient is admitted in hospital is prescribed some antibiotic and if it seems to be not effective, then patient sputum, fecal, urine or blood samples are examined for the type of microbe and based on the identification of microbes suitable antibiotic is given.
Further nurse can also identify blood groups of the people by simple immune reactions.
It also helps detect disease like Tuberculosis by simple skin test namely the Mantoux test.
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IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY IN PHARMACY.
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical
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Microbiology is a subject dealing with microbes and related concepts. Microbiology has come a long way since discovery of microbes and is presently of great help to mankind. It is used in health care, food production, diagnosis, production of alcohol, maintenance of sterility and cleanliness etc.
Though the subject was initially limited to study of microbes and their characteristics or properties, latter it was explored to see all possible applications and benefits to man.
Microbiology was a boon to eradicate mass destructive epidemics like rabies, small pox and many other infectious diseases.
The present society is so dependent on it that without it there can no proper health and health care.
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY
This can be seen by its applications in pharmaceutical, medical, nursing, food, industrial, environment, soil and agriculture. Such diverse application and uses indicates the importance of studying microbiology.
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY IN NURSING: Use of microbiology in nursing is concerned with diagnosis. It also helps see how the patients health progresses during the treatment.
Nurses use hot water or anti-septic as a measure to sterilize the surgical knives, needles,scissors or any other metals to free from microbes.
Microbiology also gives knowledge to nurses on how to handle a patient and his samples infected with communicable diseases.
If a patient is admitted in hospital is prescribed some antibiotic and if it seems to be not effective, then patient sputum, fecal, urine or blood samples are examined for the type of microbe and based on the identification of microbes suitable antibiotic is given.
Further nurse can also identify blood groups of the people by simple immune reactions.
It also helps detect disease like Tuberculosis by simple skin test namely the Mantoux test.
court: Photokanok
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBIOLOGY IN PHARMACY.
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical