Health and Safety.
Introduction
The quality of health and safety of the environment is greatly affected by the environment itself, never more so than in the health care setting, where patients and clients may be more vulnerable than in there own homes.
Florence Nightangale suggested that patients in health care settings may be harmed just by being there.
Health and Safety commission (1992) places a general duty on employers to ensure the health and safety of employees.
Infection Control.
Role of the nurse to prevent the spread of infection. Some which can not be treated by antibiotics. (MRSA: methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.) Reasons related to the overuse of antibiotics have contributed to this problem. Infection is caused when the body is invaded by pathogenic (disease producing) organism, either bacteria or virus. Usually accompanied by pyrexia, sweating and sometimes causes a rigor. Some bacteria live on the body, and are not harmful (commensals)......
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