Science Fair: The Effect Of Microwave Radiation On The Growth Of Organisms

Dirty equipment – having dirty equipment which is not cleaned between patients can spread infection very fast lots of bacteria can be spread on a blood pressure cuff for example.

For this lab you and your partner were to plant 4 different crops (corn, cotton, sorghum, and a flower or vegetable of your choice). Radish was the fourth crop chosen to grow. The experiment was to see the difference in growing stages in all four of these plants in a 10-week period. The height and growing stage for each plant and seed was to be recorded. This lab is important because it gives the students the ability to gain hands on experience on growing plants and being able to identify their structures. Understanding what a plant needs such as: water, soil, fertilizer, and proper temperature, would allow you to grasp the idea of plant growth and development. Due to us being in south Texas, the temperature is not always suitable for growing plants. I assumed that the temperatures would be rather high therefore allowing our plants to grow at a decently fast pace. I believe the radishes would be the first plants to produce its fruit, then cotton, sorghum, and corn. I also believe that corn would be the tallest

To help the prevention of infection spreading is by knowing the method of washing your hand because we carry most bacteria sue to the open air that we come in contact with. For example we use are hands to shake hands with someone holding or touching objects. When you are performing any form of hand hygiene you will need to make sure that you have washed your hand with anti-bacterial liquid soap; this is to help prevent any bacteria which we already have on our hands. In all health and social care settings an automatic liquid dispenser should be placed so that when washing hands any individual doesn’t touch or need to even sneeze any part of the liquid

The merits of double-gloving are obvious to many individuals; it provides two layers of protection instead of one, for instance. Greater protection from pathogens is implied in this system. One might assume that in clinical settings, it would be foolish not to require healthcare workers to double-glove. There are, however, downsides to the double-glove system, as well as lack of improvement in preventing the spread of pathogens when comparing double-gloving to single-gloving. These factors must also be explored before double-gloving can be crowned as a superior method for protecting both patients and clinicians from the spread of pathogens.

Like why does yeast bubble, when was yeast discovered for baking purposes, and how do we use yeast in everyday life? Well, when you add a pinch of sugar to your yeast it will bubble, this is if it's not expired. The yeast feeds on the sugar and once the released carbon dioxide expires the dough will rise. Adding a pinch of sugar will be a constant in my project. Vinegar cancels out the ability for yeast to grow, so this is why many people use vinegar for a home remedy for yeast infections on the body. With only a small amount of baking soda yeast rises more, but if there is too much then the growth will get

A simple touch to the forehead or placing your gloved hand inside your scrub pocket are surefire ways to transmit pathogens, unintentionally. Something as mindless as these actions can place serious risk to you and your patient. Patients in all sorts of healthcare settings are already at risk of becoming infected due to the nature of their illness, increases pathogen presence due to hospitalization, and invasive procedures. The best and most effective way to prevent the spread of infection is to wash hands and maintain aseptic or clean technique. Asepsis is the absence of disease causing microorganisms. Aseptic technique is divided into two categories: medical and surgical. Surgical asepsis is used in a surgical setting where invasive procedures

Donning sterile gloves requires specific technique so that the outer glove is not touched by the hand. A large cuff exposing the inner glove is created so that the glove may be grasped during donning. It is essential to avoid touching nonsterile items once sterile gloves are applied; the hands may be kept interlaced to avoid inadvertent contamination. Any break in the glove or touching the glove to a nonsterile surface requires immediate removal and application of new gloves.

The handwashing experiment gave me an insight on how much bacteria is living on our hands and how long it takes to get them off. In exercise 13, the class identified that it took more than 10 minutes to get rid of most of the bacteria on our hands. I have been working as a resident aide for the past year and a half. The most important thing was to prevent my residents from getting sick either by me or by other residents. Before doing this experiment, I never realized that I could be passing bacteria around by not washing my hands. It never occurred to me that I am putting these immune compromised people at risk and it could be easily avoided. Now I know that it is necessary to wash my hands after I am done helping each individual person. However,

Applying sterile gloves before a procedure ensures that the transmission of organisms from the gloves to the patient (mid surgery) will be inhibited. Before the application, hands must be cleansed with soap and water, followed by drying the hands with an unused disposable towel. To begin, the outside shield of the sterile glove package must be opened, and the package within the shield must be removed; ensuring that the package is above the waist and located on top of the counter or table in front of you. Next, open the packet without touching the contents inside. Be sure to identify which glove is right and left. Using your thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger on your non- dominant hand; gently grab the bottom inside part of the glove (ensuring you don’t touch the outside of the glove) and carefully place your dominant hand into the glove. Once done, used the fingers of the hand you just gloved and place the fingers underneath the cuff on the glove still on the table. Be sure that sterile is touching sterile. Insert other hand that is not gloved into the other glove carefully, using the other glove (while still touching sterile to sterile). Adjust once finished, being sure to only touch sterile with

Unit 4 introduces Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which is essential when contributing towards the prevention of infection and how they reduce the transmission of infection to patients. Research shows that personal protective equipment helps protect staff from infection spread. (Endacott et al, 2009). Demonstrating the importance of wearing gloves,

The field of nursing has evolved over time and keeps changing every day. With the numerous changes comes improvement in the quality of care that nurses give on a daily basis. For example, nurses never used to wear gloves when performing a majority of their tasks such as administering injections or toileting patients. Over time, it was discovered that many patients carried diseases that were easily transferrable via body fluids or blood. As a result of the discovery, nurses began wearing gloves when performing a majority of their nursing care. This not only helped to protect the nurses from contracting numerous diseases, but the patients as well. The nurses were not transferring germs and bacteria from patient to patients because they were

E. Describe three common forms of growth that you are likely to see in a broth culture.

According to guidelines published by Central of Disease Control in 1986, it is recommended to wash hands: “after prolonged intense contact with patient, after contact with blood and bodily fluids., after removing gloves, before and after entering or exiting isolation

Hands are the most common reservoir for transmittable microbes and bacteria. The microorganisms that exist on the hands of a dental care worker include both transient and resident (normal) flora. These microorganisms are found on the superficial and innermost layers of the skin. Transient flora is found on the surface layer of the skin and includes microorganisms that can be readily eliminated or deactivated using appropriate hand hygiene techniques (Fluent, 2013). It is important that dental health care workers protect themselves from these microorganisms by wearing gloves when handling contaminated dental instruments, tissue, body fluids, or surfaces. However, it is critical to note that gloves are not substitutes for any hand hygiene procedures and should be replaced throughout a dental procedure if soiled. Hands should be washed with soap and water after removal of gloves to help remove any microbes that may have penetrated through a defective glove. In contrast, microorganisms that reside in the deeper layers of the skin contain normal flora, which are naturally occurring and generally not associated in disease transmission. The ultimate goal of improved hand hygiene in a dental setting is microbial reduction, by removing transient flora from the hands.

Contamination may result from the healthcare workers hand or direct patient shedding of bacteria which are surviving up to several months on the surfaces. Inadequate hand hygiene of the healthcare worker before and after entering patient zone may result in cross-transmission of pathogens and patient colonization or infection (Vincenzo et al,