NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION Infection control measure‚ nowadays‚ are widely implemented in every healthcare facility in the country due to the relationship between the patient’s safety and nosocomial infection. As these facilities are responsible for ensuring the health and well being of individuals‚ it is essential to effectively control the spread of infection‚ most especially those that can be acquired within the hospital setting. Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired in the
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Venous Ulcer A venous ulcer is a shallow sore on your lower leg caused by poor circulation of the veins. This condition used to be called a stasis ulcer. Veins have valves that help blood return to the heart. If these valves do not work properly‚ blood flows backward and backs up into the veins near the skin. This causes the blood to pool in your lower legs. The blood can then can leak out of your veins and irritate your skin. This may cause a break in your skin and lead to stasis venous ulcer
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease made up of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It is a common‚ lethal disorder that affects 10% to 20% in general medical patients and up to 80% in critically ill patients. This disorder recurs frequently‚ is often overlooked‚ and results in long-term complications. It is important to determine the benefits of preventing VTE through pharmacological modality such as low-molecular-weight heparin and also non-pharmacological modality such
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When veins do not work properly‚ it is called venous insufficiency. This means that the veins are not effectively sending the blood back to the heart. The severity of venous insufficiency differs with each person. If the problem goes untreated‚ the person may feel continuous symptoms of pain‚ swelling and fatigue in the legs and ankles. If the problem is advanced there are other symptoms such as leg ulcers‚ superficial thrombophlebitis‚ spontaneous bleeding and‚ possibly‚ deep vein thrombosis. Our
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Meet the Client: Clyde Hunter Clyde Hunter‚ a 72-year-old African-American male‚ is a resident of a long-term care facility. He has been unable to control the urge to void since experiencing a stroke‚ formerly called cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ 1 month ago. The term brain attack is also used to describe a stroke. Instructions: While taking this case study‚ all questions must be answered correctly before you will be able to proceed to the next page. For all incorrect answers‚ select a new
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Tunneled Catheter Insertion Tunneled catheter insertion is a procedure to insert a thin‚ flexible tube (catheter) into a vein. The catheter makes it easier to draw blood‚ give blood products‚ remove waste products from the blood (hemodialysis)‚ and give medicines. This procedure is usually done when the bloodstream needs to be accessed many times over a long period of time. Tunneled catheters can be placed in different parts of the body depending on how they will be used. The most common place
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Cross Infection Definition Cross infection is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person‚ object‚ or place to another‚ or from one part of the body to another (such as touching a staph-infected hand to the eye). When this cross infection occurs in a hospital or long-term care facility it is called a nosocomial infection. Community acquired infections are those contracted anywhere except a hospital or long-term care facility. Description Cross infection accounts for
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE POSITIVE VENOUS PULSE.* ALBION WALTER HEWVLETT‚ M.D. (Assistant Professor of AMedicine at thze Cooper Medical College‚ San Francisco‚ Cal.) INTRODUCTION. The normal venous pulse is characterized by the presence of two main waves. The first of these‚ the a wave‚ is due to the contractioni of the right auricle‚ and immediately precedes the carotid pulse. The other‚ or v wave‚ appears in the neck in early diastole coincident with the closure of the semilunar valves
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Venous Ulcers Homework 1. True/false: The medium and large veins in the leg have bicuspid valves to prevent retrograde venous blood flow‚ but the perforating veins do not have valves. False 2. What causes the ulcers to form in patients with venous insufficiency? [The question is what causes ulcers to form‚ not what causes venous insufficiency (people can have venous insufficiency and varicose veins for years without ulceration)] Ulceration is caused by hypoxia‚ which is a decrease in the amount
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Deep venous thrombosis Deep venous thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep inside a part of the body. It mainly affects the large veins in the lower leg and thigh. Causes When a clot breaks off and moves through the bloodstream‚ this is called an embolism. An embolism can get stuck in the brain‚ lungs‚ heart‚ or other area‚ leading to severe damage. Blood clots may form when something slows or changes the flow of blood in the veins. Risk factors include: • A pacemaker catheter that
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