toxins. Hepatitis is caused by a variety of factors such as toxins, certain drugs, heavy alcohol use and bacterial or viral infections. The three most common types of viral infections that affect the liver are Hepatitis A, B and C. (CDC). This paper will focus on hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a highly contagious infection of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). Infection can be acute or chronic. Acute Hepatitis B is short term and occurs within the first 6 months after exposure. Chronic Hepatitis
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Title: Discuss the importance of clinical workplace hygiene, preventing the spread of infection. Introduction: Nosocomial infections are those of which are obtained in a hospital, and are possibly caused by antibiotic resistant organisms. A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be spread between animals and humans. Zoonotic diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.(CDC,2013) Clinical workplace hygiene is essential for eradicating and preventing the transmission of infectious
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to diagnose because most doctors do not think of checking for it right away, they think of the other diseases first. The early symptoms include fatigue, muscle and joint stiffness, headache, and swollen lymph nodes which mostly resemble a viral infection. Without treatment in the early stages of lyme, the symptoms will grow worse as the lyme progresses into its next stage. Stage two of lyme disease causes heart and nerve damage to the body and the last stage adds brain damage and paralysis to the
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antibiotics prescribed to humans (Bend the Curve, 2013). Not only are there action that can be taken by doctors, but we as patients can protect ourselves by taken certain actions to help prevent bacterial infections and the overuse of the antibiotics. The single best to prevent any bacterial infection is using good hygiene by washing hands to help prevent the spread of bacteria. Next step is to make sure that when a doctor prescribes antibiotic that you actually need them. Asking the doctor if
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hematology/oncology unit of Akron Children’s Hospital since it joined the network in 2009. “We built a team of nurses, doctors and the infection control staff to focus on central line care,” says Jeffrey Hord, M.D., director, Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders. “This was new for our institution. We built a relationship with the infection control officer that did not exist before. And we have line care on our mind much more.” He credits nurses with doing most of the work
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Wound Care J.G. is a 65-year-old male patient with a history of a cerebrovascular accident, hypertension, diabetes and multiple pressure ulcers. The patient was admitted to Jackson South Community Hospital with multiple wounds for suspected infection. He currently has two pressure ulcers present. One is a stage IV ulcer located at his right hip and the other is a stage III ulcer located on the heel of his right foot. He is scheduled for a CAT scan to rule out any collections in the hip and medical
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Smallpox Causative agent and clinical symptoms Smallpox is a viral infection caused by either Variola Major or Variola Minor. The virus has an incubation period of about 12 days between contraction and its symptomatic manifestation. Like other viral infections, smallpox presents with fever, headache, malaise and prostration, nausea and vomiting. The pre-eruptive stage lasting between day 12-15 presents with visible lesions on the palate, tongue, throat and mouth mucous membranes as the temperatures
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for several hours, making it more likely that the infection can be spread Because many people that contract the disease show no symptoms and do not get sick, it can difficult to immediately track and stop the disease. Close friends and family members are the most likely to become infected due to the long times spent in enclosed spaces. Some that are infected never develop active TB, but instead, have latent TB infection. This form of infection is not infectious, but it can become infectious if
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Borkar NB, Khubalkar MV. Source Department of Surgery, AVBRH Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India. drnitinborkar25@gmail.com Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not the routine use of postoperative dressings prevents surgical site infection and wound dehiscence. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients with clean or clean-contaminated (e.g. hernia, orchidectomy cystolithotomy, ureterolithotomy, appendectomy) sutured surgical wounds were randomised into two groups: those who did not receive
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Someone’s Name Bio 488C Lab A Re: Writing Assignment 2: Enterics Report 2/22/2016 Enterics Report The group received the Unknown sample of Patient #2 as well as a description of the illness. The method to identify this unknown organism was an Enteropluri tube. By using the inoculation needle in the Enteropluri tube to sample the organism and draw the sample through the set of agar compartments, multiple culture media are thereby inoculated. Given that this test is used on Enterobacteriaceae
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