Infection prevention and control (IPC) in Hospitals fully solved to pass A+ rated

Infection prevention and control (IPC)
in Hospitals fully solved to pass A+
rated

causes of antibiotics resistance - correct answer ✔✔-over prescribing of antibiotics

-patients not finishing their treatment

-over use of antibiotics in livestock and fish farming

-poor infection control in hospitals and clinics

-lack of hygiene and poor sanitation

-lack of new antibiotics being developed



what is nosocomial infections - correct answer ✔✔infections acquired in hospitals and other
healthcare facilities



Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) - correct answer ✔✔an infection that develops in a
person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving
health care



examples of HAI - correct answer ✔✔methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
Clostridium difficult (C.diff)



MRSA - correct answer ✔✔the spread of resistant bacteria is facilitated by the transfer of
patients between words within hospitals and between different hospitals, and more widely by
travel, including medical tourism



-MRSA is carried in the nose and skin and possibly in wounds