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 […]
Medical gloves for infection control; Medical gloves are an example of personal protective equipment that is used to protect the user and/or the patient during medical operations and exams against the transmission of infection or disease. One component of an infection-control approach is the use of medical gloves. Exam gloves, surgical gloves, and medical gloves […]
Difference between mould and mildew: Mildew is a form of mould that is classified as early-stage mould by FEMA. Mildew, like other types of mould, is a microscopic fungus that spreads through the air as tiny spores. Mildew begins to colonise and proliferate when these spores drop in moist or humid conditions. Mildew, unlike mould, […]
Safety of medical devices: A medical device is defined as “an instrument apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related object, including a component part or accessory, designed for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man […]
Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces: Cleaning and disinfecting the environment help to avoid the spread of hazardous bacteria. The nature of the object, the type, number, and location of microorganisms, how well the microbes resist physical processes or disinfectants, the presence of organic and inorganic matter, the concentration and effectiveness of a disinfectant, and […]
Surface disinfection’s significance in infection prevention: Since the days of Ignaz Semmelweiss, Florence Nightingale, and Robert Koch, hand hygiene (hand disinfection) has been recognised as critical in the control of diseases. Their scientific and practical work yielded insights that are still relevant today. Surface disinfection or environmental disinfection, in contrast to hand hygiene, has remained […]
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 […]
The History behind Hand Hygiene: Patients, insurers, governments, and regulatory agencies are all paying more attention to healthcare-associated illnesses. This is attributable not just to the enormity of the problem in terms of morbidity, death, and treatment costs, but also to the rising realisation that the majority of these are preventable. The importance of hand […]
An overview of the Chain of Infection: Infectious diseases are caused by the contact of agent, host, and environment, according to the conventional epidemiologic triad model. Transmission happens when a pathogen leaves its reservoir or host by a portal of exit, is transferred by some route of transmission, and infects a susceptible host through an […]
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 […]