nosocomial infections

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  • Created on: 23-04-16 12:26
how many nosocomial infections per year
100,000
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How many nosocomial infections cause death
5000 directly and 15000 indirectly
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how much do nosocomial infections cost
1 bil
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What are some common nosocomial infections
hosp oneumonia, UTI, bloodstream, surgical, antibiotic diarrhoea
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what increases the chances of nosocomial infections
Hickman, central line, peripheral Iv, cathheters
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What places in hospitals are hostbeds 4 nosocomial infections
Special care baby and Intensive care unit
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what are contributing factors to hospital infections
host risk factos, environmental rick, hospital micro-organisms, treatment/interventions
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what are host risk factors
extremes of ages, immunocomprimised, surgical, impaired blood supply, medical devices
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what are environmental risk factors
containated water, staffing and physical laoyout of facility, air conditionng, devices
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what are some opportunistic pathoens
PseA, coagulase negative staphylococci, Aceinetobactr baumanii, enterococcus faecium, stentrophomonas maltophilia, candida albicans
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what are some resistant micro-organisms
MRSA, VRE, Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases, carbapenase producing organisms, acinetobacter ssp, stenotrophomonas maltophillea
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what makes up a biofilm
extracellular polyymeric substances
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why are biofilms bad
biofilms make bacteria 1500 times more resistant
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Who is most likeley to be contaminaed wth c dif
Phys and med students (75%) dialysis technician (66%) nurses 56% physotherapists (50%)
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Where is c dif most likely to be founs
under fingernails
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what is the most common blood stream infection
35% coagulase neg staphylococci and 25% staph aureus 11.2% enterococci
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what pathogens are most likeley to cause UTIs
Coliforms, yeast enterococci
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what pathogens are most likeley to cause surgical wound infections
20% staph aureus, 16% PsA, 15% coag neg staphylococci
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how do you treat MRSA
Decolonisation(nasal mupirocin skin antiseptic , and systmeic antibiotics (vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolide daptomycin tetraclyc)
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