If the physician suspects Heather has bacterial meningitis, they will treat her with antibiotics immediately. Early treatment with antibiotics can reduce the risk of dying dramatically. 3. How do the results obtained from the spinal tap and blood sample support the diagnosis? The spinal tap shows a majority of the leukocytes are neutrophils, which is a sign of meningitis.
1.2 Restrictive interventions are ways and methods that prevent an individual from carrying out a certain task. 1.3 Restrictive interventions must only be used if the individual is at risk of injuring themselves or others, or if coursing damage to property or illegal behavior. 1.4 If an incident occurred where restrictive intervention was needed then the clinic manager or senior nurse must be informed immediately. An incident form will be filled in and sent to human resources and the incident team within the trust. 1.5 Where possible the least restrictive interventions should be used as they can sometimes escalate the problem rather than defuse it.
Unit 39 Infection prevention & Control P1, 2) Explain how infections are caused by different pathogens and how pathogenic micro-organisms grow and spread. Infections are always in the air, no matter how hard people try to prevent infections they will catch them. Infections can be caused by different pathogens such as touching someone or something, being in the same room as someone sneezing or coughing, it can ever be caused through stroking a pet. Pathogenic infections can grow and spread into disease which consists of bacteria, viruses and fungi. This can happen in a care home easily, as older people are very fragile and prone to infections.
There are a few symptoms from pink eye that you should defiantly know about like, red eyes, clear or cloudy eye discharge, light sensitivity , matting of eyelashes, especially in the morning and itching of the eyes. If you have symptoms of pink eye, you should seek prompt medical attention. Other problems, like abrasions or foreign bodies in the eye, can produce similar symptoms and need to be ruled out. A culture of the eye discharge may be needed to know what type of antibiotic will be most effective. If you have a viral or bacterial form of pink eye - which is very contagious - you need to take measures to decrease the chance of spreading it to others or reinfecting your own eyes: Change pillow cases, towels and washcloths daily.
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare This assignment explains the concerns in the healthcare regarding to National Patient Safety Goals established by The Joint Commission. Hand washing is very important in a long-term care facility. Insisting that everyone does it properly it greatly diminishes the risk for nosocomial infections and passing bacteria and pathogens amongst people. Hand Hygiene: NPSG Goal 7- 07.01.01 Goal seven of the National Patient Safety goals addresses the issue of reducing the risk of health care associated infections. This goal targets the prevention of mortality from health care-associated infections caused by several different drug resistant organisms, surgical related infections, and infections of the bloodstream related to catheter insertion.
3. The minimum amount of identifiable information should be recorded. 4. Access to patient identifiable information should be restricted. Access should only be given where essential and only the essential sections of information should be released.
Once someone contracts one of these types of disease, it can possibly be fatal. Fortunately, these types of diseases are now avoidable thanks to vaccines. All of these viruses and more now have an enemy, it’s called a vaccine. From the “Feed a cold, starve a fever” type of medicinal cure all, to the current prescription researched vaccines, today’s inoculations are the brick wall that diseases run into. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics "most childhood
1.2 Define what is meant by restrictive interventions. Restrictive interventions are ways and methods that prevent an individual from carrying out a certain task. They are planned intervention based on risk assessment and care plan or emergency intervention based on judgement identification of risk. The intervention should be with robust areas of the body only and with clear justifications. 1.3 Explain when restrictive interventions may or may not be used.
Many in our care have also got weakened immune systems and as a consequence are more susceptible to infection from the outset. We want to give the patients in our care the best treatment and quality of care possible and this would not be possible without infection control. Were we to neglect patient control their quality of life and indeed health would deteriorate, they would get sick and suffer and in extreme cases would die. This runs totally contrary to the attitudes, duties and commitments we hold so dear as healthcare workers. In this assignment I will introduce, explain and discuss one of the most topical worldwide infections in the workplace – mainly hospitals and other places of healthcare environment; MRSA.
Some STDs have been linked to an increased risk of certain cancers and infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pregnant women’s can spread STDs to their babies. Many people may not have symptoms of an STDs but are still able to spread an infection. STD testing can help find problems early on so that treatment can begin if needed. It is important to practice safe sex with all partners, especially if you or they have high-risk sexual behaviors.