Malaria Cause Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. Symptoms The first symptoms of malaria are like having the flu. You may have: a headache aching muscles a tummy ache‚ diarrhea and vomiting – especially in children a lack of energy loss of appetite a cough Treatment There are three main treatments for Malaria doxycycline – for most adults clindamycin – for most pregnant women and children sulfadoxine with pyrimethamine (Fansidar) Cause of Leukemia For most people with leukemia‚
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Infection prevention and control in health care * Background * Key activities * Information resources * Related web sites Goals * The mission of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care initiative is to assist Member States in reducing dissemination of infections associated with healthcare‚ by assisting with the assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation of national infection control policies. * The ultimate goal is to assist Member States to endorse
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Unit ICO2 Causes and spread of infection Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand the causes of infection The learner can: 1. Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites? Bacteria : Bacteria are one cell structures that multiply rapidly and can become a colony of 2 million within 2 hours. Viruses : Visible can only be seen with an electron microscope they can float in the air‚ sit on a door handle or remain non-living. They become active when they are allowed
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Nowadays people are focusing in herbal plants especially those who are common in the environment. One of the example is the guava plant (Psidium guajava Linn). Based on research this plant is good for healing and treating wounds and other skin infections. So in my research I wan’t to make a bathing soap out of it‚ cause I know that it is effective. People‚ researchers‚ scientists were focusing to medicinal plants. They want to prove that there are plants that are more effective against diseases
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and control of infection by: • Ensure personal hygiene is kept to a maximum‚ hands are continuously washed and are done so before assisting an individual and after assisting an individual and are also sanitised after washing each time. • PPE is worn at all times when dealing with personal hygine matters and bodily fluids. • Soiled materials and any bodily fluids are disposed of in the correct methods and in the correct bins provided. • To report any issues requarding infections to the manager
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vulnerable to infection is because their immune systems have not fully developed. When they are first born they will get most of their immunity from the placenta and breast milk‚ however it will take a long period of time for their immune system to fully develop. If an infant was to come into contact with an individual or object that was contaminated this could lead to serious consequences‚ such as them being in hospital to help them recover because their immune system cannot fight the infection by itself
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Unit 20 – Causes and Spread of Infection 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria are microbes with a single cell. There is no nucleus or membrane within bacteria‚ making its structure simpler than that of other organisms. Instead‚ the genetic information is contained in a single loop of DNA. Viruses are microscopic organisms consisting of genetic material surrounded by proteins‚ lipids‚ or glycoprotein coats. Fungi can be multicellular or single celled
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The burn unit clinical team consisting of physicians‚ nurses‚ pharmacists‚ and infection preventionists at a tertiary hospital‚ part of a large healthcare system in the mid-Atlantic area‚ recognized an upward trend in CLABSI‚ despite the success in reducing CLABSI in other units in the hospital. While formal research was not conducted‚ efforts to reduce the infections throughout the hospital were associated with evidence based practice initiatives recommended and published by the CDC (2011)‚
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Individuals who are infected with STDs are at least two to five times more likely than uninfected individuals to acquire HIV infection if they are exposed to the virus through sexual contact. In addition‚ if an HIV-infected individual is also infected with another STD‚ that person is more likely to transmit HIV through sexual contact than other HIV-infected persons (Wasserheit‚ 1992). There is substantial biological evidence demonstrating that the presence of other STDs increases the likelihood
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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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