What exactly is infection control? According to the CDC, infection control measures are actions taken to prevent or stop the spread of infections within a healthcare setting. Infection Control and Prevention measures contribute to making the hospital environment as safe as possible for both patients and staff. These measures include an evaluation of how infections […]
Traditional Dressings for Wounds: Traditional wound dressings are typically used as primary or secondary dressings to keep the wound clean. Gauze, lint, plasters, bandages (natural or synthetic), and cotton wool are examples of these products. Traditional wound dressings commonly used include: Wound Dressings for Advanced Patients: Clinicians typically prescribe advanced wound dressings following a visit […]
Will the world face the fourth wave of the pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant loss of human life throughout the world, and it poses an unprecedented threat to public health, food systems, and the workplace. The pandemic’s economic and social effects are devastating. Food security, public health, and employment and labour […]
Reusable Versus Disposable Medical Textiles: Disposable and reusable textiles are two prominent yet competitive types of materials used in healthcare and other industries where biological and chemical dangers must be avoided. To decrease or prevent disease transmission, all healthcare professionals must wear or use protective fabrics such as gowns, facemasks gloves, and drapes, when working […]
What is a Biofilm? Microorganisms are planktonic, free-floating single cells growing in a nutritionally rich culture media. The microbes commonly colonise in groups and attach to surfaces by means of biofilm. The bacterial communities secret a matrix of exopolymeric substance (EPS) that is termed the biofilm. The biofilm protects the bacterial cells colonised in that […]
Air is a major reservoir for microorganisms: Hospital environments are majorly contaminated by aerosols generated due to sneezing, coughing, poor maintenance of indoor air quality, and inadequate hygiene precautions. This leads to microbiological contamination of the hospital environment, which is the main cause of nosocomial infections. As a precautionary measure, CDC and WHO recommends a […]
COVID-19 Prevention: Handwashing and Hand Sanitization: Handwashing and hand sanitization has long been recognised as one of the most effective methods of disease prevention. When it comes to keeping ourselves healthy and safe, it is a simple act that pays off big time. Hand hygiene is also an important component of COVID-19 prevention. Hand hygiene […]
MEDNTEK R82: Germs, or microbes, are found everywhere – in the air, soil, and water. There are also germs on your skin and in your body. Several of them are harmless, some can even be helpful. But some of them are capable of making you sick. The gradual increase of antibiotic resistance in microbes along […]
What is infection prevention and control? Infection prevention and control is a sub-discipline of epidemiology focusing on reducing healthcare-associated infections, or diseases contracted when visiting clinics and hospitals. [1] Defeating Omicron: Defending Employees Against the New COVID-19 Variant: The COVID-19 epidemic continues to pose a threat to populations across the world. Which is why more […]
Looking at the present circumstances and what we have all endured through during the last two year of the pandemic, it seems inevitable that there will be a rise in chronic and infectious diseases in the near future and that there will be additional healthcare challenges due to an ageing population and changing lifestyle. This […]