Managing Outbreaks of an Infection M1: Explain how to manage an outbreak of infection in health or social care setting NICE and Department of Health Guidelines NICEandDepartment of Health guidelines set the standards for high quality healthcare. It encourages a healthy lifestyle for people. The NICE and Department of Health guidelines are also used by the NHS‚ Local Authorities‚ employers‚ voluntary groups and anyone else involved in delivering care and promoting wellbeing. The recommendations that
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it occurred -A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink. The number of people sick from the outbreak -While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals‚ a few stood out as especially wide in scope. Food Safety News has compiled a list of the 10 most harmful U.S. outbreaks of 2015‚ in terms of both the number of people who died and the number sickened. Source if it was discovered -The Centers for Disease
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August 1st 2013 Healthcare Administration Organizational Crisis: Anthrax Outbreak in a Hospital Tuesday morning‚ the United States Hospitals‚ day to day operations began just like any other. By 10:00am‚ during the administration’s morning meeting‚ the sound of the code red alarm rang throughout the facility. Dr. Inspection‚ an epidemiologist‚ informs the team that he has positive test results identifying anthrax in the system of 10 patients. Shock crosses all faces in the board room‚ but
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To what extent was German policy responsible for the outbreak of WWI? Without a doubt‚ German was one of the most important European powers that were responsible for the outbreak of WWI. Before Bismark was fired‚ he built a great web of alliances for Germany with all possible effort he could make. The Three Emperors’ League joined Germany‚ Russia and Austria-Hungary into an alliance in 1873. In 1879‚ Bismark made a separate treaty with Austrians. The Triple Alliance between Germany‚ Austria
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Angelica Torres John Snow was born on March 15‚ 1813 in Yorkshire‚ England. John Snow was the eldest son of a farmer and had five brothers and three sisters born exactly every two years. Attending a private school all of his life‚ it is unknown how John Snow’s father afforded for his son to attend such a school‚ however due to his education it is know that he is one of the most educated men to this day and titled "The Father of Modern Epidemiology". In reference to The Centers for Disease
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The SARS Outbreak of 2003 Western Governors University January 15‚ 2013 The SARS Outbreak of 2003 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory caused by a coronavirus. Coronavirus is in the same virus family as the common cold. Most commonly spread through person to person contact and droplets when a person coughs or sneezes. It can also be spread when a person touches a surface or object contaminated with the virus then touch their nose‚ mouth or eyes. Characterized
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lives naturally in riverine and is the causative agent of cholera outbreaks and epidemics. Vibrio cholerae is comma-shaped. Initial isolates are slightly curved‚ whereas they can appear as straight rods upon laboratory culturing. Vibrio cholerae is a facultative anaerobe and can undergo respiratory and fermentative metabolism. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a curved and rod-shaped and usually found in brackish‚ saltwater. Once ingested‚ this bacteria can cause gastrointestinal problems. Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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E. coli Escherichia coli‚ more commonly known as E. coli‚ are a large group of bacteria. It lives in the digestive tracts of humans and also animals. There are many different types‚ such as enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) which causes bloody diarrhea. Some types cause urinary tract infections. One other specific type that is real common is called E. coli O157:H7. This type can cause severe anemia‚ kidney failure‚ or even death. The way you contract E. coli is coming into contact with feces from
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aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European War in August 1914. How far do you agree with this judgement? For many Historians‚ the responsibility for the outbreak of a general European War in August 1914 has been an area of great debate. Historians such as Gordon Corrigan in Source 1 support other historians such as Fischer who hold the view that it was primarily German aggression which caused the outbreak of war. Yet others‚ such as James Joll in Source 3 believe it was not purely
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Paper Summary: This article is written about the issues regarding E.coli being found in meat that is being sold to consumers in stores nation wide. Each section looks at a different department and what efforts they are making to try and prevent further cases of E.coli in meat products. Culprit in Article: the Company that is considered the culprit in this article and is the one who has been accused for the selling of the frozen hamburger that paralyzed Ms. Smith from the waist down was Cargill. Even
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