Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) By: Janelle Davidson & Liz Ellis Picot Question Thesis Preventing catheterization Nursing Initiatives Nursing Initiatives Continued Aseptic Technique Current Practice P: Any catheterized patient in the health care setting. I: Special initiative for prompt catheter removal. C: Versus routine procedure for catheter removal. O: Decrease catheter associated urinary tract infections. T: During the patient's length of hospital stay. Preventing
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The prostate is a gland of the male reproductive system. The main function is to secrete seminal fluid that is alkaline in nature to neutralize the acidic vagina, allowing adequate pH for conception. It composes nearly 70% of seminal volume. It allows for nutrition and lubrication for the sperm produced in the testes. The prostatic urethra is a passageway for semen and prevents semen from being forced backward into the bladder. This occurs by closing off the bladder neck during climax by means
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making nosocomial infections the fifth leading cause of death in acute-care hospitals. HAIs infections result in increasing morbidity, mortality, and cost as a result of increasing duration of stay , is estimated as estimated as 1 to 4 days for urinary tract infections, 7 to 8.2 days for surgical site infections, 7 to 21 days for bloodstream infections, and 6.8 to 30 days for pneumonia. The estimated mortalities associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections and pneumonia are 23.8% to 50% and
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia The bladder is a vital part of the urinary system. It is used as a portal of exit for what the body has determined to be harmful or unwanted. It is a filtration system that the body depends on. However, as the age of the human progresses, this once functional bodily organ begins to deteriorate. Many factors can affect this, but one common illness in men is known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. This disease is an inflammation of the prostate, which applies pressure to
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Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) By: Janelle Davidson & Liz Ellis Picot Question Thesis Preventing catheterization Nursing Initiatives Nursing Initiatives Continued Aseptic Technique Current Practice P: Any catheterized patient in the health care setting. I: Special initiative for prompt catheter removal. C: Versus routine procedure for catheter removal. O: Decrease catheter associated urinary tract infections. T: During the patient's length of hospital stay. Preventing
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Review of Literature: Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common hospital-acquired infection and many are associated with an indwelling catheter. For each day a catheter is in place the risk of developing a CAUTI increases 3%-7% (Kahnen, Flanders, & Magalong, 2011 ). Although indwelling urinary catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients and can provide an appropriate means of therapeutic management, they are often
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Unit 5 – P3 By Jess Ross Respiratory system The respiratory system is made up of organs that help the body to breathe that is its main function. The lungs are the main organs of the respiratory system. In the lungs oxygen is taken into the body and carbon dioxide is breathed out. The red blood cells are responsible for picking up the oxygen in the lungs and carrying the oxygen to all the body cells that need it. The red blood cells drop off the oxygen to the body cells, then pick up the
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UTI June 6, 2011 Mrs. Kern The urinary tract is a body filtering system, that helps get rid of unwanted waste (Berkowits, 2007). A UTI can occur anywhere in genitourinary tract (Berkowitz, 2007). Although infectious agents can enter via hamatogenously into the urinary tract, most infections will start at the urethra then ascend (Berkowits, 2007). Most predisposing factor for an UTI includes catheterization, congenitally abnormalities of the genitourinary system or because of neurologic dysfunction
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Chlamydia. In men 35 and older who do not have anal sex, this condition is usually caused by bacteria from an obstruction or abnormalities in the urinary system. These can result from:
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Respiratory system Nose | Air enters and leaves the respiratory system through the nose. It warms and moistens the air before it reaches the lungs, and helps remove unwanted particles, like dust and soot. | Trachea | The trachea is also known as the windpipe. It is a bony tube, which connects the nose and mouth to the lungs, hence is an important part of the respiratory system in vertebrates | Lungs | The lungs take in oxygen, which the body's cells need to live and carry out their normal
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