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In the hospital environment infection control is very important. This 17 page paper looks at an aspect of infections control that is often overlooked; the use and treatment of non dedicated equipment, such as scissors and stethoscopes. The paper looks at how and why this type of equipment can pose a cross infection risk and needs to be subject to policy and procedures to prevent the spread of infection. Looking at research and practice the paper uses scissors as the example and demonstrates the risk and the way in which that risk is and has been controlled. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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17 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEscissor.rtf
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REFERENCES 18 1. Introduction Recent publicity surrounding infection in hospitals has brought the subject to
the public attention. The presence of MRSA in hospitals and the difficulty in dealing with the infection has increased the awareness in the general public as well as the non
medical staff (Parish, 2006). However, the problem and need to control infection has been a constant in medical history and the development knowledge concerning the way infections spread has added
to the tools and approaches used to combat its spread, in some instances the spread of infection may be prevented, but with a range of infection that are common and
a level of compliancy surrounding some infections types, rather than reducing, as seen with MRSA (Parish, 2006), some infection are increasing, partly due to that compliancy, and partly due to
the compliancy that surrounded treatment rather than prevention and the development of resistance to drugs (Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2006). In the US between 2001 and 2003 the was more than
a 400% increase in the numbers in cases of mumps reported, likewise World Health Organization Global Task Force in Geneva have noted that some stains of tuberculosis has become more
difficult to treat as a result of the drugs that have been used and the ability of the infection to resist the treatments, in both cases there is the need
for infection control to prevent the spread rather than treat it. The issues of human to human contact have been well documented the spread of infections through touching hands,
in operating theatres there are strict procedures to ensure that infections are sot spread between staff and patients as well as preventing the spread through the use of specialist equipment.
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