Antiseptic

Alcohol presents an important aspect necessary for human survival owing to its wide-ranging benefits in the clinical context. Ideally, alcohol acts as an effective germ killer owing to its great potential of coagulating a germ’s protein. Indeed, the use of alcohol is not new to the clinical setting as way back in the 1800’s, alcohol alongside specific herbs were in surgical operations used for the major purpose of reducing pain. As studies reveal, lately there has been an increasing trend of using

Showering with Skin Antiseptics to Prevent Surgical Site Infection,” in 2015 was to determine if patients bath or showered prior to surgery with an antiseptic the risk of postsurgical site infection would reduce. The nursing problems are; the various researches supporting the use of antiseptic prior to surgery is still inconclusive in relation to the best antiseptic that will reduce infection and; there is need for clarity if reducing skin microflora with the use of antiseptic will result in lower

Introduction In high acute settings, such as intensive care units essential nursing care such as oral care is very vital to prevent life-threatening complications such as nosocomial – acquired, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP), and also most patients in intensive care are on oral intubation, and medications such as anticholinergics, antihypertensives, which may lead to xerostomia (dry mouth). One of the challenging nosocomial infections is VAP, and a leading cause of mortality in hospital

human body. However, antiseptics are applied to the epidermis (usually hands) of organisms to decrease the chance of receiving an illness. Antiseptics, such as rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizers destroy bacteria by changing the pH level of the environment that the bacteria remain in. The change of the pH level makes it difficult for the bacteria to survive in the environment it invades. In this lab, we are trying to figure out the effectiveness of these particular antiseptics: Bath and Body Works

Antiseptic consciousness improves public health in America by raising awareness about disease prevention, and health education strategies for promoting healthy lifestyles. In the student’s opinion the purpose is to educate and change how the American public perceives information pertaining to communicable diseases. Without a doubt there is a need to educate the public about how diseases can affect social and economic conditions. For example people can do simple things to keep germs from entering

Chlorhexidine- Alcohol. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. (17): 3367-3375 5. Poulin,P., et al.(2014) Preoperative Skin Antiseptics for preventing surgical site infections: What to do? ORNA Journal Sept 2014:14-29 A4. Clinical Implications on patients If all patients were bathed/showered preoperatively with an antiseptic, it would reduce the risk of SSIs. This would benefit the patient with shorter time spent on a critical care unit, would reduce the mortality rate

Evidence Based Practice Paper Evidence-based practice uses current research and clinical judgment to provide interventions and care for patients (Kelly, 2012). It is important for nurses and all healthcare team members to be up to date on current practices so patients can receive evidence-based interventions that improve clinical outcomes. According to Kelly (2012), almost half of patients that receive care, receive interventions that are not based on evidence which can ultimately compromise the

Problem 1 Wound Care Justification Dougherty and Lister (2011) stated that it is important to keep post-surgical wound free from infection because the healing of the wound depends on the amount of care being provided. There are potential complications associated with infected post-surgical wound, which includes wound dehiscence, surgical-site infection, and hematomas. These complications often occur within hours after surgery, so therefore, high priority should be place on wound

are not allowed to use only alcohol antiseptics. Certain spore forming bacteria, especially the endospores of gram-positive bacteria are usually resistant to hand sanitizers as well as soap and water but are visible in spore formation. Gram positive bacteria is impenetrable to sanitizers because of its thick and well built plasma membrane which is thicker than most viruses and fungus cell’s membranes. This attribute gives great difficulty to alcohol antiseptics and is hard to destroy the proteins

In a stratified RCT, Tantipong, Morkchareonpong, Jaiyindee, & Thamlikitkul (2008) conducted a study to compare the use of CHG and normal saline for oral care. Patients in the CHG group received care using 15 ml of 2% CHG, the use of tooth brushing, and suctioning up to four times per day (Tantipong et al., 2008). The normal saline group used the same procedure as the CHG group, but with the difference of using normal saline instead of CHG. The results of this study were that 4.9% or 5 out of 102