The Influence Of Microbe Growth On College Campuses

The dirtiest thing you own maybe your cell phone. Imagine what touches your phone the most, probably your hands and face. Since cell phones are everywhere and have become one of the most helpful tools of our generation, they have their drawbacks. The use of cell phones happens everywhere today, one place being the hospital. From a study of phones and spreading of bacteria associated with health care associated infections, Karabay states, “Our study reveals that mobile phones may get contaminated by bacteria (such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae), which cause hospital infections, and may serve as a vehicle for the spread of nosocomial pathogens” (Karabay, 2007). Touching contaminated

There are many rival causes that can be made about the passage “Germs on Campus” in our course book, Asking the Right Questions. To being, the author is concluding that the increased amount of germs and bacteria on college campuses cause higher rates of illness in college students because college students are less likely to sanitize living areas and common areas on campus. There are many reasons as to why the college students are getting sick, which do no pertain to them not sanitizing their living and common areas. For instance, college students can get sick because they do not get enough sleep or because they do not eat healthy food. Bodies need an adequate amount of sleep, as well as, nutrition in order to stay healthy. It is also possible

This experiment illustrates the importance of handwashing and proves that hand washing is worth it. Since our hands are constantly coming into contact with ourselves and others, touching surfaces, grabbing objects, being sneezed into, etc., keeping our hands clean is one of the most effective, yet simple way we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands with soap and clean, running warm water. “The human skin is a host to anywhere between 10,000-10,000,000 bacteria per square centimeter and since health care providers come into contact with pathogenic bacteria by being engaged in patient care, hand washing can reduce the risk of spreading diseases (page 3).” The objective of the experiment is to test the effectiveness of hand washing and demonstrate normal flora. This report presents the procedures and materials for the experiment, the experiment's results, and an analysis of those results.

Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) affect over 1.7 million patients each year, causing almost 100,000 deaths annually in the United States alone (Johnson, 2010). According to the World Health Organization, HAIs are the most frequent adverse event in the healthcare industry. Fortunately, most of these infections can be prevented with one single intervention, proper hand hygiene (“The Evidence,” n.d.). Four out of five pathogens that cause illness are spread by direct contact. Proper hand hygiene eliminates these pathogens and helps to prevent cross-contamination and HAIs (Linton, 2015; “Hand Hygiene,” n.d.). Reduction of cross-contamination and HAIs improves patient outcomes, increases employee wellness, and lowers health care costs. Adherence to proper hand hygiene is the single most important safety measure in the health care setting. However, for many years compliance to proper hand hygiene in the healthcare industry has been dismally low. New and inventive measures must be implemented to increase compliance to proper hand hygiene and lower the rate of hospital-acquired infections.

The conditions needed for the growth of micro-organisms are: Micro - organisms need food to survive. They like high protein food to survive, eg. Poultry & fish. Most micro - organisms need warmth & grow best at 20-40c. They need moisture to multiply. They need air to multiply, though some can without. A single Micro-organism becomes two every twenty minutes.

Keeping our hands clean is one of the most effcient and important steps we can do as humans to avoid getting sick or spreading germs to other people. Unwashed hands spread many diseases such as the flue, E. coli, and salmonella. Unfortunately, hand hygiene is still one of today’s most leading causes of infection in health care facilities. The risk of clinicians, patients, and visitors not complying with hand hygiene protocols creates a practice problem for nurses and their patient care. The cause of health care infections, also known as, health care-associated infections (HAIs) are increasing along with the rise of the inability to control or treat infections that are multi-drug resistant. Lack of proper hand hygiene is a major problem in clinical settings sourcing from critical care divisions where the most contaminations are prevalent. This paper will discuss how hand hygiene affects the nursing process and solutions of how to better prevent HAIs within the nursing scope of practice.

Background information: In this lab you will be looking at the growth of bacteria under different conditions to see the how populations of bacteria grow. Read about cells in the text or e-text. For everyone, in your e-text read chapter 13, sections 13.3 and 13.4 to learn more about bacteria. Then answer the questions below.

The main requirements for the growth of micro-organisms are time and moisture, some need oxygen and warmth, (although micro-organisms can live without air and live in temperatures from 0 to 40 + degrees).

If the soil contains the highest levels of bacteria, then the agar plate with the dirt sample will grow the most bacterial colonies. Bacteria is the foundation for life on earth as we know it. About 4.5 billion years ago the even that sparked life on earth happened, and that life was bacteria (Gould 2012). The bacteria of that time used anaerobic respiration, which is much less efficient than aerobic

A few different factors that affect bacterial growth are the availability of resources and nutrients, temperature and pH. (Act For Libraries) stated in the above paragraph, once the resources and nutrients are

This project involves testing various disinfectants on bacteria covered toothbrushes to see which method is most effective. The three main methods of disinfectants are hydrogen peroxide, U.V rays to kill bacteria, and antibacterial soap. Learning what is in the various disinfectants that eliminate bacteria is beneficial to understanding the experiment. Bacteria are single-celled organisms that reproduce quickly. Pathogens are bacteria that cause sickness. Once the body is infected with pathogens, those bacteria reproduce and grow inside of cells in the body. As they grow, certain bacteria can make toxins; those toxins can damage the body’s cells. Symptoms of a sickness

The other type of process for bacterial growth is anaerobic respiration, these bacteria grow only if there is oxygen present. The final requirements for growth are ph. level and time. Each type of bacteria flourish in certain levels of ph., for example acidophiles grow best with a ph. level under 5.5. Then if the requirements for the bacteria are met more efficiently then the bacteria grows at a more rapid pace.

Six experiments were carried in this report concerning the effect that different environmental factors have on microbial growth. The results were recorded into tables where (+) symbolises growth and (–) symbolises no growth.

This assignment will encompass how the results of the personal hygiene and susceptibility microbiology experiments provide a framework for the basis of the NICE Clinical Guidance (CG139) on Infection and how crucial the reasons for the hand wash protocol and hygiene is in all healthcare settings.

In this experiment, Escherichia coli is used as a sample to study the growth kinetic of microorganism in shake flask. A different volume of E.coli was transferred into 250ml Erlenmeyer/shake flask containing media for the nutrient of microorganism. The different volume of microorganism transferred will give the different effect of reading on the constant volume of media used. There are three ways to test the growth kinetic rate of microorganism on shake flask, which