Aseptic Nursing Technique at the Bedside: The Sterile Field
Preventing the transmission of infective organisms is an important aspect of healthcare and a major concern for all nurses. This series looks at ways in which this transmission takes place and actions the nurse must perform to prevent this from occu...
Subject: Infection -- Prevention
Infection Control in Healthcare: Precautions
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act.
Implement infection prevention practice strategies, including handling sharps, linen and trash, contaminated spills and
Subject: Infection--Prevention
Preventing health care-associated infections
Discusses the various types and causes of healthcare related infections and provides guidance on what can be done to prevent them.
Subject: Cross infections--Prevention and control
MRSA-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Many people in Britain now fear hospitalization almost as much as injury or illness, due to a rising rate of hospital-related staph infections. This program examines the threat posed by MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and asses...
Subject: Staphylococcal infections--Prevention and control
Taking a sexual history: clinical strategies for assessing HIV risk
These unrehearsed vignettes show a variety of clinicians interviewing actual patients about their sexual and drug-using histories. While invaluable for evaluating HIV risk, these approaches will also enable clinicians to assess risks for other sexua...
Subject: HIV Infections--prevention & control--United States
Prevention of Retained Surgical Items
Reviewing AORN recommended practices for sponge, sharp, and instrument counts, this video demonstrates techniques for practicing accurate surgical counts. It emphasizes the importance of implementing facility-specific count policies in order to insu...
Subject: Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
Viruses
Viruses are the simplest forms of life - so primitive in biological terms that for some years the scientific community debated whether they should even be regarded as living organisms. This program examines how viruses, though incapable of reproduci...
Transcript: recipients of blood product exposure. Up to now, this possibility for active infection prevention is restricted to a few viruses. This is due to their
Risky Business: Impact of HIV, The
Life changed when the dangers of HIV were introduced to our society. No longer could a casual sexual encounter be categorized as "no big deal." Because the virus remains latent for so long, people can transmit the infection through blood or sexual a...
Risky Business: Risks of Sexual Intimacy, The
In the pleasure of the moment, young people seldom pause to think about the risks involved in sexual intimacy. Debilitating diseases or an unintended pregnancy run counter to thoughts of a happy and fulfilled sex life.. Parents cannot ignore the imp...
HIV/AIDS: Who's At Risk
Dr. Alexandra Levine, Chief of the Division of Hematology at the USC School of Medicine, explains that she and others in the scientific community realized early on that the HIV virus was sexually transmitted. But, Dr. Levine points out, the virus ca...