Gastrointestinal Tract Infection Case Study
1) The 83yr old man has had a history of hypertension and chronic renal failure, which may have factored in his cause of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) after undertaking is aortic valve replacement. The case study states that Staphylococcus, a bacterium that is normally found in the gastrointestinal tract and is one of the common bacteria in most UTI, was isolated from the patient’s blood cultures. It is also common that a bladder infection is a symptom of any underlying disorder, such as the patient’s history of hypertension and chronic renal failure. Subjects who are at higher risk of developing UTI are elder adults and the use of using a catheter; that may have been used in the subject’s surgery.
The initial administration of Tiacarillin Clavulanate was used to reduce the number of the patients’ drug-resistant bacteria and maintain …show more content…
First step would be to prevent the ingestions of C.difficile spores from the environment, cleaning hospitals in the correct regime, vaccinate animals and to prevent CDI if spores are ingested. If CDI has occurred you could also maintain the level of antibiotics induced, as this is the one of the major risk factors affecting CDI. In order for prevention control, health care workers need to follow the correct procedure for prevention control such as washing hand frequently with soap. This may physically help remove spores. This is also includes patients water scrubbing is essential to maintain infection. Any patients with diarrhea should not prepare foods for others and if it is possible to use separate toilets. Hypochlorite-based solution appears to be the best agent to clean patient’s rooms so this agent must be used before and after patients leave. All health care workers should wear gloves and a gown before seeing each patient and disposing of the gloves appropriately so this can also infection control
The initial administration of Tiacarillin Clavulanate was used to reduce the number of the patients’ drug-resistant bacteria and maintain …show more content…
First step would be to prevent the ingestions of C.difficile spores from the environment, cleaning hospitals in the correct regime, vaccinate animals and to prevent CDI if spores are ingested. If CDI has occurred you could also maintain the level of antibiotics induced, as this is the one of the major risk factors affecting CDI. In order for prevention control, health care workers need to follow the correct procedure for prevention control such as washing hand frequently with soap. This may physically help remove spores. This is also includes patients water scrubbing is essential to maintain infection. Any patients with diarrhea should not prepare foods for others and if it is possible to use separate toilets. Hypochlorite-based solution appears to be the best agent to clean patient’s rooms so this agent must be used before and after patients leave. All health care workers should wear gloves and a gown before seeing each patient and disposing of the gloves appropriately so this can also infection control