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Clostridium Difficile Clostridium difficile also known as C-diff in the medical world or C. difficile in the science world is a bacterium that infects the colon of humans. C-diff belongs to the bacteria Domain. Bacteria are unicellular organisms that contain Peptidoglycan in their cell walls. C-diff is a member of the phylum Firmicutes which means it has a Gram-positive stain and a low guanine and cytosine content. C-diff is also classified as a clostridia meaning it has a lack of aerobic respiration
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diagnosis and evaluations of interventions and outcomes. Review of the patient’s case DS was admitted to the hospital for a ventral hernia repair and a small bowel resection on January 30‚ 2011. During recovery from the surgery‚ DS acquired Clostridium Difficile. She also has a history of hypertension‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ and has suffered a myocardial infarction. DS smokes a pack of cigarettes daily and states she is guilty of eating poorly. She said she does not take her “heart
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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such as Ebola that directly attacks the immune systems. This virus has an average of 50% fatality rate. As of 13 January 2016‚ reportedly 11‚315 has died from Ebola. Moreover‚ we also have many contagious antibiotics resistant bacteria such as Clostridium difficile‚ shortened to C. diff‚ a deadly bacterium that multiplies when an antibiotic used which kills off beneficial bacteria that reside in its traditional habitat‚ the gut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America has estimated
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LESSON PLAN 1. Name of the student: 2. Subject: 3. Topic: 4. Group: B.Sc. (N) 1st year 5. Place: Ambika College Of Nursing‚ Kharar. 6. Method of teaching: Lecture cum discussion 7. Teaching aids: General Objectives: The students of B.Sc.(N)1st year will have knowledge regarding prevention and control of nosocomial infection . Specific objective: At the structured teaching programme the students
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a major issue in health care services as it increases mortality rate‚ In 2007 alone‚ 9‚000 deaths were recorded as a result of MRSA and Clostridium difficile (NICE‚ 2012). The cost incurred by the NHS as a result of HAIs is approximately 1 billion each year (NICE‚ 2012). Acinetobacter species‚ Anaerobic Gram negative bacillus‚ Candida albicans‚ Clostridium difficile (C.difficile)‚ Coagulase negative staphylococci‚ Comamonas acidovorans‚ Enterobacter species‚ Enterococcus species‚ Escherichia
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practices that reduce the spread of infection: After child immunization‚ hand washing is the single most effective way of preventing the spread of infections‚ including diarrhea bugs‚ colds‚ the flu virus and so called ’superbugs’ such as MRSA and Clostridium Difficile. Hand washing is important‚ not only in the hospital environment but in everyday life. Children should be made aware of the importance and benefits of washing hands properly in order to ensure that it becomes a life-long habit. It is
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Two years ago‚ Catherine Duff‚ then 57‚ tearfully described eight debilitating bouts of antibiotic-resistant Clostridium difficile infection to a government panel in Washington. She grew better‚ she said‚ only after treating the gastrointestinal infection at home with her husband’s feces‚ a blender and an enema bag. FROM OUR ADVERTISERS Mark B. Smith‚ a young doctoral student in microbiology‚ was in the audience‚ almost as teary as Ms. Duff. Resolving to help patients like her‚ he started a
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hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm. Risk is the likelihood of that harm. For example hazards in terms of infection control are pathogens. Some pathogens are considered a greater risk to others‚ for example MRSA (super bug) or Clostridium difficile. What casues pathogens to grow? Baceteria grow by splitting in two. In ideal conditions bacteria can divide every 20 minutes‚ so the size of the colony doubles every 20 minutes. In theory a colony of bacteria can continue to grow like
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