The things that I learn in the Seminar about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and about Gender are very helpful and vital to me. This helped enhanced and broaden my knowledge about the said topic. I learned a lot with the seminar‚ the presentation about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and facts about gender are appropriate with nurses like us. The discussion and the explanation of the speakers are very well set‚ we truly understand and inspired‚ and I learned so much about what I am going to do when I practice
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Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council ISSUE NO. 76 • MAY/JUNE 2007 MICA(P)070/02/2007 How to Prevent Dengue Fever … pages 8 & 9 Message from Town Council Vice-Chairman One Bite… One Victim. That could become the aedes mosquito’s hit rate should we become complacent. Despite continuous announcements and public education by the National Environment Agency (NEA)‚ the severity of the dengue situation has still not gotten through to many. The government agencies and Town Councils have intensified
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organisms in our body system react to antibiotics‚ which makes these organisms resistant to antibiotic treatment. Teaching infection control through learning of isolation precaution can decrease the spread of infection in critical care units. The goal of this project is to ensure each person understands the different isolation precautions and practices to minimize the spread of these bacteria to staff‚ visitors and other patients in this unit. Nurses can educate and reinforce protocols to those individuals
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INTRODUCTION Dengue fever Dengue fever (UK /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/ or US /ˈdɛŋɡiː/)‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ is an infectious tropical diseasecaused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever‚headache‚ muscle and joint pains‚ and a characteristicskin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threateningdengue hemorrhagic fever‚ resulting in bleeding‚ low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage‚ or into dengue shock syndrome‚ where
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Dengue fever Spring 2009 Abstract Dengue Fever: is an infectious disease‚ which it is caused by tiny pathogenic (harmful) organisms that can be contagious by spreading among people upon contact with an infected person. (Tirtha Chakraborty‚ 2008) “Dengue is the most common and widespread arthropod-borne viral infection in the world.” (World Health Organization‚ 2008) The mosquito Aedes aegypti‚ who feed during the day are the transmitters of the virus. They are found in the tropic
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The dengue virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of a mosquito. The principle mosquito species is known as Aedes aegypti. This mosquito is found all over the world‚ and‚ throughout time‚ became adapted to urban environments. For example‚ the mosquito evolved so as to be capable of living year round in moist storage containers‚ rather than relying on the seasonal patterns of rainfall. Another species‚ Aedes albopictus (the "Tiger mosquito")‚ is widespread throughout Asia. Both mosquitoes are
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March 1st 2011 MAST 1 Universal Precautions Universal precautions are guidelines regarding to infection control. These guidelines are used to safeguard workers from coming in contact with diseases that are spread by blood and certain body fluids. The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control‚ U.S. Centers for Disease Control‚ Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada have come up with a policy of “Universal Precautions.” These are guidelines to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens
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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 the
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Dengue Virus Notes. Wikipedia: The dengue virus (DENV) in one of four serotypes and the cause of dengue fever. All four serotypes can cause the full spectrum of disease. It is a mosquito-borne‚ single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. Its genome is about 11000 bases that codes for three structural proteins‚ capsid protein C‚ membrane protein M‚ envelope protein E; seven nonstructural proteins‚ NS1‚ NS2a‚ NS2b‚ NS3‚ NS4a‚ NS4b‚ NS5; and short non-coding
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Dengue and Its Prevention Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache‚ fever‚ exhaustion‚ severe muscle and joint pain‚ swollen glands (lymphadenopathy)‚ and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever‚ rash‚ and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums
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