Infection prevention and control (IPC)
in Hospitals fully solved to pass A+
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causes of antibiotics resistance - correct answer ✔✔-over prescribing of antibiotics
-patients not finishing their treatment
-over use of antibiotics in livestock and fish farming
-poor infection control in hospitals and clinics
-lack of hygiene and poor sanitation
-lack of new antibiotics being developed
what is nosocomial infections - correct answer ✔✔infections acquired in hospitals and other
healthcare facilities
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) - correct answer ✔✔an infection that develops in a
person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving
health care
examples of HAI - correct answer ✔✔methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
Clostridium difficult (C.diff)
MRSA - correct answer ✔✔the spread of resistant bacteria is facilitated by the transfer of
patients between words within hospitals and between different hospitals, and more widely by
travel, including medical tourism
-MRSA is carried in the nose and skin and possibly in wounds
in Hospitals fully solved to pass A+
rated
causes of antibiotics resistance - correct answer ✔✔-over prescribing of antibiotics
-patients not finishing their treatment
-over use of antibiotics in livestock and fish farming
-poor infection control in hospitals and clinics
-lack of hygiene and poor sanitation
-lack of new antibiotics being developed
what is nosocomial infections - correct answer ✔✔infections acquired in hospitals and other
healthcare facilities
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) - correct answer ✔✔an infection that develops in a
person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving
health care
examples of HAI - correct answer ✔✔methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
Clostridium difficult (C.diff)
MRSA - correct answer ✔✔the spread of resistant bacteria is facilitated by the transfer of
patients between words within hospitals and between different hospitals, and more widely by
travel, including medical tourism
-MRSA is carried in the nose and skin and possibly in wounds
