NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION Infection control measure‚ nowadays‚ are widely implemented in every healthcare facility in the country due to the relationship between the patient’s safety and nosocomial infection. As these facilities are responsible for ensuring the health and well being of individuals‚ it is essential to effectively control the spread of infection‚ most especially those that can be acquired within the hospital setting. Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired in the
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Section 1: Infections in Healthcare Settings Essay. Nosocomial infections‚ hospital acquired infections‚ are an on-going concern to healthcare professionals. These infections are one of the major causes of death in hospitalised patients and are a significant burden on not only the patient’s and the public’s health (as organisms causing nosocomial infections can be transmitted to the community through discharged patients‚ staff and visitors) but also the economy. A nosocomial infection is an infection
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and Nosocomial Pneumonia Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common pathogen in nosocomial pneumonia. It is hospital acquired infection that the hospitals eat up the cost of treatment. Although pneumonia can be prevented‚ it is still an infection that we find in hospitals all across the United States. Pneumonia is a dangerous infection in patients who are already immunosuppressed and get pneumonia as a secondary infection. Preventative measures need to be taken to prevent such infections in the
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS Nosocomial Infection is an infection that occurs in a hospital of hospital-like setting. Approximately 10% of American hospital patients contract this infection. There are three factors as to why nosocomial infection exists: 1. A high prevalence of pathogens. 2. A high prevalence of compromised hosts. 3. Efficient mechanisms of transmission from patient to patient. These three factors alone lead not just to a higher chance of transmission
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Nosocomial Infections (NI) can arise from an inanimate object or substance‚ other patients‚ medical personnel‚ visitors‚ air‚ water‚ even the health care process itself. Also‚ the use of reusable equipment/supplies‚ invasive devices or techniques (catheters‚ valves‚ etc.). Patients in a hospital setting are also exposed to more drug resistant strains of microbes; as in this setting the microbes are selected at a higher rate than outside the hospital due to antibiotic usage in the hospital. NI
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Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are‚ quite simply‚infections that are acquired whilst one is in hospital. In medical literature they are called Nosocomial infections. They are defined as not being present upon admission to the hospital. This topic is important to nurses as it is often the nurses who spread the infection‚ when caring for patients with many different diseases and infections. Therefore nurses should be aware of new developments and research on the topic of reducing hospital acquired
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Behavior Submitted to: Dr. James J. Kolacek‚ III Submitted by: (Student’s name) (Student’s number) (Student’s email address) (Address) (Work phone number) (Home phone number) Date of Submission: May 20‚ 2012 Title of Assignment: APA Writing Style and Mechanics: A User’s Guide CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in this paper. I have also cited any sources
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a college class‚ or even for fun. We all write because we have to or had to in our lives. So why not learn about the different styles of APA. Let’s learn how to set up an in text citation‚ reference from an interview‚ and what a bibliography versus a reference list are. When you use others’ ideas in your paper‚ you should credit them with an in-text citation. APA Style in-text citations include the author and date‚ either both inside parentheses or with the author names in running text and the date
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APA Style Essentials http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796 Douglas Degelman‚ Ph.D.‚ and Martin Lorenzo Harris‚ Ph.D. Vanguard University of Southern California The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.‚ 2001) provides a comprehensive reference guide to writing using APA style‚ organization‚ and content. Students should plan on using the Publication Manual to answer detailed questions not answered by this APA Style Essentials document
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APA STYLE BASICS (It’s not so bad!) Melanee Vicedo vicedo@usc.edu 10/9/12 Today’s workshop • Introduce you to the overall format of APA papers. • Address common issues that students encounter. • Show you how to find and utilize resources to help you master APA formatting. 2 3 Basics • Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font. • Keep margins at standard settings – 1in. all sides • Double space everything in the paper 4 Headers • Very top of the paper • On cover page: Running head: SHORTENED
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