Discuss the control of nosocomail infections
Date Submitted: 12/31/2002 04:38:49
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health Care
Length: 10 pages (2645 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health Care
Length: 10 pages (2645 words)
With an aging population increase and enhancement of advanced medical and surgical interventions including redesigned modern hospitals attention and concern has focused on complications of nosocomial infections (Weinstein 1998). Nosocomial infections also referred to as "hospital-acquired infections" is defined as 'localized or systemic conditions that result from adverse reactions to the presence of an infectious agent(s) or its toxin(s) and that were not present or incubating at the time of admission to the hospital' (…
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…Ducel, G., Haxhe, J.J., Tanner, F. & Zumofen, M.
Worthington, K. 2002, Is there an outbreak?, American Journal of Nursing, vol. 102,
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Comments: Ward level - need to include appropriate ventillation and airconditioning, numbers 51 beds/room
Hospital level - include infection control committiees, surviellance strategies
Need to include a specific discussion & analysis of a recent journal article dealing with outbreak and contol of a nosocomial infection.
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