Choose an organism relevant/common to your area of practice that you have not chosen before in this course. Discuss the policies and procedures established at your organization/place of practice related to antimicrobial use for the organism. Choose an organism relevant/common to your area of practice that you have not chosen before in this course. Discuss the […]
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Go to the CDC website or to one of the infection control websites listed in the syllabus and research an emerging or re-emerging infectious disease responsible for an infection outbreak. Provide a comprehensive overview of the pathogenesis pathway of the infection. Use current literature and outline infection prevention and control measures for the disease you
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Post the name of the disease you are planning to discuss for the Final Project. Be sure to include your name in the title of the post. Post the name of the disease you are planning to discuss for the Final Project. Be sure to include your name in the title of the post. Post
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Choose an infectious organism and explain its classification according to clinical, microbiological, transmission and reservoir categories. Choose an infectious organism and explain its classification according to clinical, microbiological, transmission and reservoir categories. Choose an infectious organism and explain its classification according to clinical, microbiological, transmission and reservoir categories. according to clinical, microbiological, transmission and
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Define immunogenicity and provide an example of an organism which either promotes an immune response or a poor immunogenic response. Include any related vaccine immunization. Define immunogenicity and provide an example of an organism which either promotes an immune response or a poor immunogenic response. Include any related vaccine immunization. Define immunogenicity and provide
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Choose at least two infectious organisms and describe the characteristics in detail. Name diseases associated with each one. (Try to choose an infectious organism you have not reviewed before in this course). As an infection prevention and control professional, create a sample evidence-based protocol outline you would share with your unit to manage and control the
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Go to the Joint Commission website – Sentinel Events or another infectious disease website and review/research a recent sentinel event that resulted in a HAI caused by an epidemiologically significant organism. Using the Epidemiological Triangle, discuss the characteristics of the organism including infection control measures. Go to the Joint Commission website – Sentinel Events
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For the foodborne illness discussed in Question 1, find a country with outbreaks of foodborne illness and compare incidence rates’ similarities and differences with US outbreaks. Account for the similarities and differences of foodborne illness supported by current literature. For the foodborne illness discussed in Question 1, find a country with outbreaks of foodborne
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Choose a foodborne disease and describe the infectious agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, pathophysiology, characteristic foods, what testing needs to be done (i.e. what specimens need to be collected for which laboratory tests) and the antimicrobials used for treatment. Choose a foodborne disease and describe the infectious agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, pathophysiology,
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Define colonization, infection, and contamination related to an infectious disease of your choice. Outline a treatment plan for three patients associated with the three categories defined. What information would you include to teach the patients on best practices to prevent spread? Define colonization, infection, and contamination related to an infectious disease of your
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