Blog Archive for August, 2010
Acinetobacter Baumannii, have you heard about the future?
“Acinetobacter baumannii is a pleomorphic aerobic gram-negative bacillus commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients.” Basically, this miniature bacterium has a large fancy name for such a gruesome killer. If you haven’t heard; this organism is becoming infamously related with our military troops overseas, and it is predicted to be the next major outbreak in our hospitals! Read more about this organism.
Acinetobacter Baumannii, have you heard about the future?
Acinetobacter species have low virulence but are capable of causing infection. Most Acinetobacter isolates recovered from hospitalized patients, particularly those recovered from respiratory secretions and urine, represent colonization rather than infection.
Medication Error Prevention
Don’t allow for error in your workplace! Here are some tips to help avoid making costly mistakes.
Medication Error Prevention
Medication management has always been challenging for hospitals, but with recent media coverage of preventable, life-threatening medication errors, the subject issue has become even more critical. In addition, The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals make medication management a point of focus each year.
Key health and safety tips for police officers
Here are general “No Brainer” tips for your workplace to operate under total safety!
Key health and safety tips for police officers
These health and safety tips provide general information on ways to manage the most common hazards and risks in your industry. By following this guidance you will be going a long way to effectively managing health and safety in your workplace. However, every workplace is different and you must not take this information as being all that you need to do.
Emergency Preparedness Part 1
BE PREPARED! Watch this short video on how to be prepared when faced with an emergency. It is important that at any moment, we are ready to take action and protect.
Tips to avoid heat stroke
It’s a hot one out there! Be prepared to help over heated victims when the sun is in its hottest months. Here are some tips for avoiding a heat stroke!
Tips to avoid heat stroke
The first sign of dangerous heat stroke can be just that – no sweat. As the temperature rises, your body’s natural cooling mechanism, sweat (or more kindly, perspiration), evaporates and helps to cool your body. But on those hot, humid cut-the-air-with-a knife days, evaporation is slowed and your body may not be able to keep itself cool.
How to protect yourself after body fluid exposure
When you are in a situation exposed to body fluids, how do you react? What are the precautions to take? What if you are exposed to someone else’s blood? It’s scary to think about, but it’s life. Protect yourself from carelessness. Read more about what to do when in this situation.
How to protect yourself after body fluid exposure
AN ACCIDENTAL exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) such as cerebrospinal or pleural fluid can be a life-changing experience. Among the bloodborne and OPIM pathogens are HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) exists for HBV and HIV, but not for HCV, which is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States; approximately 3.2 million persons are chronically infected.1 Fortunately, however, exposure to blood or OPIM usually doesn’t translate into disease transmission.