1) Staff and visitors not asking hands before and after visiting patient 2) Coughs and sneezes not being contained 3) Equipment/surfaces not being disinfected after used
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Why are people more likely to catch them in hospital?
Many of the patients are ill and so have weakened immune systems
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3 codes of practice to prevent?
1) Staff and visitors encouraged to wash hands before & after 2) Equipment and surfaces should be disinfected after use 3) People with HAIs should be moved to isolated hard to prevent spread
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How are some of them caused?
By bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
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Example?
MRSA
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Why are these difficult to treat?
Because antibiotics don't get rid of them
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Why are infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria more common in hospitals?
More antibiotics are used there, so bacteria are more likely to have evolved resistance
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Codes of practice to prevent and control antibiotic resistant HAIs
1) Shouldn't be prescribed antibiotics for minor bacterial/viral infections 2) Shouldn't prescribe antibiotics to prevent infections 3) Should use narrow-spectrum of antibiotics 4) could rotate use of different antibiotics
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cont.
5) Patients should take all antibiotics prescribed so infections fully cleared
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Card 2
Front
When are the caught?
Back
When patient treated in hospital
Card 3
Front
How can they be transmitted?
Back
Card 4
Front
Why are people more likely to catch them in hospital?
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