Concepts of Microbiology Quiz:
... 1. Before and after resident/patient/client contact, before and after handling, preparing, or eating food, after coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose, after picking up anything from the floor, when coming on duty, before leaving work, before applying and after removing gloves, and after toiletin ...
... 1. Before and after resident/patient/client contact, before and after handling, preparing, or eating food, after coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose, after picking up anything from the floor, when coming on duty, before leaving work, before applying and after removing gloves, and after toiletin ...
26 CCR 16-984 CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 26
... - Pertussis ("whooping cough"), until five days of antibiotic therapy has been completed. - Varicella ("chicken pox"), until the sixth day after onset of rash or sooner if all lesions have dried and crusted. - Mumps, until nine days after onset of parotid gland swelling. - Tuberculosis, until a phys ...
... - Pertussis ("whooping cough"), until five days of antibiotic therapy has been completed. - Varicella ("chicken pox"), until the sixth day after onset of rash or sooner if all lesions have dried and crusted. - Mumps, until nine days after onset of parotid gland swelling. - Tuberculosis, until a phys ...
Reproductive System Diseases
... • Some strains can develop into cervical cancer after 10-15 years Incidence • Most common STD • Occurs in 50% of sexually active individuals Treatment • Detected with annual papsmear • No test for males • Vaccine – only against strains that cause cancer ...
... • Some strains can develop into cervical cancer after 10-15 years Incidence • Most common STD • Occurs in 50% of sexually active individuals Treatment • Detected with annual papsmear • No test for males • Vaccine – only against strains that cause cancer ...
A List of Notifiable Scheduled Infectious Diseases (as
... Acute poliomyelitis Amoebic dysentery Anthrax Bacillary dysentery Botulism Chickenpox Chikungunya fever Cholera Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Dengue fever Diphtheria Enterovirus 71 infection Food poisoning Haemophilus influenzae ...
... Acute poliomyelitis Amoebic dysentery Anthrax Bacillary dysentery Botulism Chickenpox Chikungunya fever Cholera Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Dengue fever Diphtheria Enterovirus 71 infection Food poisoning Haemophilus influenzae ...
Breaking the chain of infection
... infection. The greater its ability to grow and multiply, enter tissue, and cause disease, the greater the possibility that the microbe will cause infection. ...
... infection. The greater its ability to grow and multiply, enter tissue, and cause disease, the greater the possibility that the microbe will cause infection. ...
Sexual Health College Students[1]
... Bacterial diseases can be treated and cured with antibiotics Viral diseases are not curable ...
... Bacterial diseases can be treated and cured with antibiotics Viral diseases are not curable ...
Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis: report of clinical cases
... cancer, hypothyroidism, atherosclerosis, alcoholism, drug abuse, age and state of malnutrition. The states of immunosuppression plays an important role in determining the initiation, progression, and disease outcomes. A prompt diagnosis and immediate aggressive surgical debridement of all compromise ...
... cancer, hypothyroidism, atherosclerosis, alcoholism, drug abuse, age and state of malnutrition. The states of immunosuppression plays an important role in determining the initiation, progression, and disease outcomes. A prompt diagnosis and immediate aggressive surgical debridement of all compromise ...
File - Working Toward Zero HAIs
... • Extremely premature babies in a neonatal intensive care unit had fewer infections when medical staff wore gloves after washing their hands compared with hand washing alone. Even after hand washing, medical staff can still have microorganisms on their hands. This can be dangerous for extremely pret ...
... • Extremely premature babies in a neonatal intensive care unit had fewer infections when medical staff wore gloves after washing their hands compared with hand washing alone. Even after hand washing, medical staff can still have microorganisms on their hands. This can be dangerous for extremely pret ...
Factors of Neonatal Morbidity at the Provincial Hospital Center of
... The main factors of neonatal morbidity are preterm birth (< 33 weeks), low birth weight (< 1500G), the neonatal infection and neonatal distress. ...
... The main factors of neonatal morbidity are preterm birth (< 33 weeks), low birth weight (< 1500G), the neonatal infection and neonatal distress. ...
Kat Leccese (Honduras)
... • Must bring your own stethescope, BP cuff, opthalmoscope (and any other tricks you have) ...
... • Must bring your own stethescope, BP cuff, opthalmoscope (and any other tricks you have) ...
Pediatric Infections
... Prevention of Transmission: intrapartum antibiotic (usually penicillin) as prophylaxis in women who are carriers of GBS ...
... Prevention of Transmission: intrapartum antibiotic (usually penicillin) as prophylaxis in women who are carriers of GBS ...
Study guide Ch 5
... characteristics of the kinds of bacteria and viruses one can work with in each type of lab? What is a nosocomial infection? Many of these infections (like MRSA) are antibiotic resistant. How can nosocomial infections be transmitted? What nosocomial infections did we talk about? Most share the trait ...
... characteristics of the kinds of bacteria and viruses one can work with in each type of lab? What is a nosocomial infection? Many of these infections (like MRSA) are antibiotic resistant. How can nosocomial infections be transmitted? What nosocomial infections did we talk about? Most share the trait ...
Tuberculosis in Children and Young Adults
... made solely on clinical grounds and a positive TST or INF--releasing assay (IGRA). ...
... made solely on clinical grounds and a positive TST or INF--releasing assay (IGRA). ...
MenACWY Information Pack
... More information on the programme including how and where to get the vaccine from MenACWY.co.uk ...
... More information on the programme including how and where to get the vaccine from MenACWY.co.uk ...
ALTE 7/16/12 Morning Report
... • Infants who are coughing, choking, or gagging may exhibit a ruddy or plethoric facial color that may be interpreted as “turning blue.” – Apnea? central (lack of respiratory effort) or obstructive (respiratory effort with inadequate airflow). ...
... • Infants who are coughing, choking, or gagging may exhibit a ruddy or plethoric facial color that may be interpreted as “turning blue.” – Apnea? central (lack of respiratory effort) or obstructive (respiratory effort with inadequate airflow). ...
Mastoiditis - Queensland Otology
... The middle ear cleft is not only the air-filled chamber behind the eardrum, but rather an aerated system extending from the Eustachian tube into the tip of the mastoid bone behind the ear. Within the mastoid is a honeycomb of air-filled tiny chambers (air cells) that function as a pressure buffer sy ...
... The middle ear cleft is not only the air-filled chamber behind the eardrum, but rather an aerated system extending from the Eustachian tube into the tip of the mastoid bone behind the ear. Within the mastoid is a honeycomb of air-filled tiny chambers (air cells) that function as a pressure buffer sy ...
Frequent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections: diagnostic
... clinically. However, due to the high prevalence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes or S. aureus strains, or whenever methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is suspected, isolation and susceptibility testing of the pathogens is recommendable. Molecular genetic detection (PCR) of PantonVale ...
... clinically. However, due to the high prevalence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes or S. aureus strains, or whenever methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is suspected, isolation and susceptibility testing of the pathogens is recommendable. Molecular genetic detection (PCR) of PantonVale ...
Antibiotics brochure
... Most illnesses are caused by two kinds of germs: bacteria or viruses. Antibiotics can cure bacterial infections – not viral infections. ...
... Most illnesses are caused by two kinds of germs: bacteria or viruses. Antibiotics can cure bacterial infections – not viral infections. ...
SF 10.2-2 Sepsis & Surgical Infections 2 - Postsurgical Infection Session Objectives
... SF 10.2-2 Sepsis & Surgical Infections 2 - Postsurgical Infection Session Objectives After this session you will be able to: 1. Discuss the approach to fever in the postoperative patient. 2. Outline the presentation, diagnosis, management and common pathogens for common post-surgical infections incl ...
... SF 10.2-2 Sepsis & Surgical Infections 2 - Postsurgical Infection Session Objectives After this session you will be able to: 1. Discuss the approach to fever in the postoperative patient. 2. Outline the presentation, diagnosis, management and common pathogens for common post-surgical infections incl ...