Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are
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various bacteria. These drugs should not be used and are not effective against viruses‚ which are the main agents of community infections (colds‚ flu). It is however necessary antibiotics in the case of bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. In these situations their use is essential. What problems are associated with antibiotics? While control bacterial infection‚ antibiotics may have other undesirable effects: - Side effects such as allergy‚ diarrhea‚ nausea. Most side effects
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Some people with HIV will suffer in the first four weeks some symptoms‚ as fever‚ pimples‚ headache‚ sickness and pains‚ sore throat‚ mouth ulcers‚ sweating during night‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ swollen glands‚ and other neurological symptoms like meningitis. Seroconversion is antibodies that recognize HIV. Before that‚ the antibody of HIV will show a negative result. However‚ as studies suggest‚ there is no treatment for this disease. Moreover‚ the second stage is clinically asymptomatic stage;
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Now and days‚ STD’s are becoming more common so you have to be more careful and aware. There are many types of STD’s out there and today I’m going to tell you about one of them called gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is caused by the bacteria Nesseria gonorrhoeae. Anyone who has any type of sex can catch it. This bacterium grows in warm‚ moist areas of the body‚ including the tube that carries urine out the body. In women the bacteria may be found in the reproductive tract. These bacteria can even grow in the
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Vaccinations have served as an essential component in our medical system for years. Why now are parents refusing to vaccinate their children in the mindset that this decision is actually protecting their child? Based on Susan Ellenberg and Robert T Chen’s article‚ “The Complicated Task of Monitoring Vaccine Safety‚” published by Public Health Reports in 1997 this refusal is due to the scientific evidence that links harmful and life threatening side effects with vaccines. Although‚ controversially
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pneumonia in the American Army totalled 18%. In World War II‚ it fell to less than 1%. In addition to pneumonia and blood poisoning‚ the major causes of death‚ in hospitals‚ during the war‚ strep throat‚ scarlet fever‚ diphtheria‚ syphilis‚ gonorrhea‚ meningitis‚ tonsillitis‚ rheumatic fever‚ and many other diseases were successfully treated with penicillin. Fleming would‚ unfortunately‚ make a prediction that would come true. That the use of penicillin would‚ in time‚ be of limited value because bacteria
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There were eight antibiotics used for this experiment; chloramphenicol (C)‚ erythromycin (E)‚ fusidic acid (FC)‚ oxacillin (OX)‚ novobiocin (NO)‚ penicillin G (PG)‚ streptomycin (S)‚ and tetracycline (T). The mode of action of Chloramphenicol is the inhibition of protein synthesis. Chloramphenicol irreversibly binds to a receptor sit on the 50S subunit of the ribosome on the bacteria that inhibits the enzyme peptidyl transferase. This inhibition results to the prevention of the transfer of amino
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behaviour and are not as easy to see and recognise as many physical disabilities. 1.2 •A traumatic injury such as a road traffic accident‚ a fall‚ an assault or a sporting injury •Stroke •Brain tumour •Haemorrhage •Viral infection e.g. meningitis‚ encephalitis or septicaemia •Lack of oxygen to the brain e.g. as a result of a heart attack (anoxia/hypoxia) 2.1 * Cognitive effects * Communicational problems * Emotional and behaviour problems * Hormonal imbalances
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One of the biggest controversies of this decade is euthanasia. Euthanasia is “inducing the painless death of a person for reasons assumed to be merciful?(Henrickson and Martin 24). There are four types of euthanasia voluntary and direct‚ voluntary but indirect‚ direct but involuntary‚ and indirect and involuntary. Voluntary and direct euthanasia is “chosen and carried out by the patient.? Voluntary but indirect euthanasia is chosen in advance. Direct but involuntary euthanasia is done for the patient
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Breast is Best “Aww‚ your baby is so cute‚” these are the words new born mothers often hear during the first few months of conceiving. Women of new born babies have a decision some say is very important to their child’s development‚ either breastfeeding or bottling feeding. Breast milk contains more antibodies to fight off infections‚ easy to babies digestion‚ and the cost is nothing but a little time. On the other hand‚ formula is said to be as close to breast milk as the companies can
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