Unit 4222-264 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the preventiont and control of infections 1.1. Explain employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Infection is a major cause of human suffering. Even relatively minor infections can become more serious‚ leading to major infection and can‚ in some cases‚ lead to patient death. In addition to patient suffering‚ infection causes
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Communicable Disease/Hepatitis Francois Drof HCS/457 March 18‚ 2013 Lindsay Cogan Communicable Disease/Hepatitis B The communicable disease I have chosen for this paper is Hepatitis. Hepatitis B is a liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This virus can cause infections that can last a life time. These infections include cirrhosis of the liver (scarring)‚ liver cancer‚ liver failure‚ and ultimately death. Hepatitis B is highly contagious and this disease affects one
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moral problem and not a disease. To better understand the reasons why an additicition is in fact a disease; I will identify several types of addictions‚ and the problems associated with them. I will examine reasons why certain people are more susceptible for developing an addiction. Also‚ I will determine why many addicts deny their problems and many recovery methods addicts use to fight their illness. Researching these issues‚ will help aid my claim that addiction is a disease. Addictions
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A. Trachoma This is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Chlamydia trachomatis”. The infection causes the inner surface of the eyelids to become rough leading to pain in the eye‚ breakdown of the cornea and possible blindness. Untreated‚ repeated trachoma infections result in entropion - a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward‚ causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection due to their tendency to easily get dirty
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Cardiovascular disease is a group of things at are all combined together and are affected by this terrible disease. The things that get affected that involve the human heart are arteries‚ veins‚ blood vessels‚ and capillaries. Heart disease causes many different kinds of problems that are related to the process known as atherosclerosis. The condition happens to a person when a good size amount of plaque has built up in their arteries. The results from this occurring narrows the room inside of our
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Communicable Disease Student Name: Course No: Date: Instructor: A communicable disease can be defined as a disease that is spread or can be spread from one individual to another or sometimes from an animal to a human being (Webber‚ 2009). The spread of a communicable disease does not only happen through airborne bacteria or viruses‚ but also through blood and other fluids of the body. Communicable diseases are sometimes termed as contagious or infectious diseases. Tuberculosis
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Heart Disease Stephanie Rodriguez CHCP Abstract According to the World Health Organization‚ cardiovascular disease is the most common death in the U.S. These heart attacks and strokes are responsible for more than 15 million deaths worldwide each year. Doctors assure that every day nearly 2‚500 people in many other countries around the world die from heart diseases. In my opinion‚ the heart is a major important
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Stargardt disease is an inherited disease that leads to blindness. This disease occurs around 1 in every 10‚000 children and is an autosomal recessive disease‚ therefore only being able to trace which parent has it‚ once the child has been confirmed whether or not to have this disease. It is caused by mascular degeneration‚ which eventually leads to blindness. Mascular degeneration is where the mascular part of the retina‚ where there are the most light-receptors‚ rods and cones (that are used for
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Obesity Is A Disease Obesity is a disease that affects one in three members of the American population. The trend of obese Americans has continually increased since 1960‚ and is not showing signs of slowing down. More than half of the adults in America are considered overweight or obese‚ and about thirty-four percent of the total population in the U.S is either overweight or obese. One is considered “overweight” if the body mass index‚ or BMI‚ is twenty-five to twenty-nine kilograms. “Obese”
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Cardiovascular disease is a common chronic illness in our society and it causes over half the deaths in the US each year. It affects all aspects of the heart. It affects the arteries that supply blood to the heart‚ the valves which pumps the blood and the heart muscles‚ itself. People who don’t take care of themselves can develop cardiovascular disease‚ which can cause heart attacks‚ congestive heart failure or strokes. A patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease increases if they smoke
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