HSS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Microorganism, Antiseptic, Chemoprophylaxis
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Your goal is to reduce the nosocomial infection because it is impossible to eliminate the infection. Introduction: a hospital-acquired infection is an infection which was not present (or incubating) at the time of admission, common in up to 25% of patients administered to hospital, most common infections. Preventable versus non-preventable: preventable = medical or nursing or surgical mishaps. Bad hand washing, leaving stuff inside patients, coughing all over. People are not well trained: non-p(cid:396)e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ta(cid:271)le = stuff you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol. Immunodeficient patient, surgeries (cid:894)e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)(cid:272)y (cid:396)oo(cid:373): you so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e time to do e(cid:448)e(cid:396)ythi(cid:374)g you"(cid:396)e supposed to do(cid:895) where organs are seriously damaged, gunshot / stabbing to gi-tract. Where do these things come from: sources for hospital-acquired infections include. Food supply (cid:894)they usually o(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:272)ook the food i(cid:374) o(cid:396)de(cid:396) to (cid:373)ake su(cid:396)e it"s safe, so it tastes bad) Obvious problems : while a hospital is supposed to help, medical activities can cause problems.