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Health Care Associated Infections - Coggle Diagram
Health Care Associated Infections
Central Line-associated Bloodsteam Infections
Symptoms are pain, redness, swelling, pus or bad smell around the central line site, chills, fever of 100.4 degrees
Treatments include antibiotics via IV
Preventions involve not letting patient or visitors touch the tubing, researching CLABSI rate, not letting the central line get wet
Causes include bacteria or other germs can enter central line then enters the bloodstream
Clostridium Difficile
Symptoms arerapid heart rate, swollen abdomen, kidney failure, watery diarrhea as often 10-15 times a day
Causes include antibiotic medications, being 65 and older, recent stays at hospital or nursing home, a weekend immune system
Preventions involve antibiotics, probiotics, antibody-based therapy, fecal microbiotatransplant
Treatments include antibiotics and surgery
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Treaments include antibiotics
Preventions involve keep head of the patients bed raised between 30 and 45 degrees, hand washing, clean patients mouth on regular basis, clean equipment between use on different
Symptoms are tracheal discharge, fevers, respiratory distress, presence of microorganisms along with white blood cells in tracheal aspirate
Causes include bacteria entering through the tubing that was placed in a mouth, nose, or neck that reaches the lungs
Catheter-associated Urinanary Tract Infection
Symptoms are burning or pain in the lower abdomen, fever, burning during urination, increased in frequencey of urination
Treatments include replacing current catheter tubing and giving antiobiotics
Causes include bacteria entering urinary tract through the urinary catheter
Preventions involve urinary bag should be left below the level of the bladder, making sure the tubing isn't twisted or kinked, handwashing, no tugging or pulling on tube