INFECTION CONTROL IN SOCIAL CARE/EDUCATIONAL SETTING What we’ll look at Law legal duties Infection & the infection cycle School/hotel associated infections Waste Hand washing PPE Housekeeping Pets Occupational health for staf Part One Infection Control and the Law Legal System Two relevant branches of law exist with in health and safety. They are separate from each other but they are closely related Civil law Criminal law Duties of care at work Employer has DoC to employees and non
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(2007). HTM 01-01 Decontamination of Reusable Medical Devices. London:HMSO. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (2008). High Quality Care For All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report. 10106‚ London: TSO. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY. (2008). Clostridium difficile infection: How to deal with the problem. 9833‚ London: HMSO. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (2010). Health and Social Care Act 2008. Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance. 14808. London: HMSO. DEPARTMENT
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Clostridium Difficile Clostridium difficile also known as C-diff in the medical world or C. difficile in the science world is a bacterium that infects the colon of humans. C-diff belongs to the bacteria Domain. Bacteria are unicellular organisms that contain Peptidoglycan in their cell walls. C-diff is a member of the phylum Firmicutes which means it has a Gram-positive stain and a low guanine and cytosine content. C-diff is also classified as a clostridia meaning it has a lack of aerobic respiration
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diagnosis and evaluations of interventions and outcomes. Review of the patient’s case DS was admitted to the hospital for a ventral hernia repair and a small bowel resection on January 30‚ 2011. During recovery from the surgery‚ DS acquired Clostridium Difficile. She also has a history of hypertension‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ and has suffered a myocardial infarction. DS smokes a pack of cigarettes daily and states she is guilty of eating poorly. She said she does not take her “heart
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commonly known as Botox‚ is a type of neurotoxin that targets the neuromuscular junction (Merchand-Pauvert‚ V.‚ Aymard‚ C.‚ Giboin‚ L.‚ Dominici‚ F.‚ Rossi‚ A.‚ & Mazzocchino‚ R. (2012)). The neurotoxin is produced by an anaerobic bacterium of the Clostridium protein that is very famous and commonly known as it is used for cosmetic purposes such as smoothening wrinkles on our faces‚ migraines and so on. Botulinum neurotoxin A is so successful in what it is intended to do because of its natural ability
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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appealing as compared to traditional bagoong. -was an offshoot of a study titled “Preparation of Dried Products from Fish Paste (Bagoong Cubes)” -the product has a longer shelf-life -the technology eliminates the problem of toxin production by Clostridium botulinum due to anaerobic and watercontent of the traditional bagoong. -the absence of anaerobic bacteria makes it a safer food additive. -to identify the best fish species for bagoong cubes -to investigate the optimum fermentation period for
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Botulism Botulism is a bacterial disease most often linked to un-sterile canned foods. It can be rather serious‚ as it has the potential to paralyze the respiratory system and thus cause death. The bacterium is named Clostridium Botulinum‚ it is a gram-positive and anaerobic pathogen. The morphology consists of rod shaped spores. The toxin is widely used in cosmetic injections‚ also known as Botox‚ to decrease wrinkles in the skin. Though Botulism is mainly linked to canned foods
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BoNT‚ BTX A-G‚ C. Botulinum‚ botulinum toxin; and since 2013‚ BTX-H; These are all terms synonymous or derived from the most dangerous toxin known to humankind‚ Botulism. Botulism is the term used most often to describe the serotypes derived from Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum it ’s purported‚ was first isolated as a bacterium by Belgium bacteriologist Emile Pierre van Ermengem in 1897. Botulism (Latin‚ botulus‚ meaning "sausage") was prior to coined by poet and physician
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such as Ebola that directly attacks the immune systems. This virus has an average of 50% fatality rate. As of 13 January 2016‚ reportedly 11‚315 has died from Ebola. Moreover‚ we also have many contagious antibiotics resistant bacteria such as Clostridium difficile‚ shortened to C. diff‚ a deadly bacterium that multiplies when an antibiotic used which kills off beneficial bacteria that reside in its traditional habitat‚ the gut. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America has estimated
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