ESWL should not be considered for patients with severe skeletal deformities, patients weighing over 300 lbs, patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, or patients with uncontrollable bleeding disorders. Patients who are pregnant should not be treated.
patients recovering from a heart attack, severe infection (for example, pneumonia ), or other serious illness, patients with infectious hepatitis or HIV infection, cancer patients whose cancer might spread (metastasize).
The contaminated sharps should be placed in a closed, puncture-resistant, leak-proof, color-coded containers prior to disposal.
Osteoporosis is not considered an infectious disease because someone cannot catch it from a sufferer of osteoporosis.
Yes, poliomyelitis, known as polio, is due to a virus and is considered an infectious disease.
Procedures to be follow: a. Assessment should be done. b. Infectious patients should be admitted to the private labor room. c. Screening of the patients d. Strict isolation precautions e. Patient care items must be labeled to eliminate cross contamination f. Use best mobility tools for transferring the patients from one place to another place.
Patients who previously had mediastinoscopy should not receive it again if there is scarring present from the first exam.
If someone has a infectious disease, and it spreads quickly, then that disease is considered epidemic.
Types of nursing include 'isolation' and/or 'barrier' nursing
George Strang has written: 'Cytotoxic activity in the blood of infectious mononucleosis patients'
Disease and infection are controlled using two major methods. The first one is hygiene. Staff wash hands between visits to patients and use gloves when handling infectious substances. The facility is regularly cleaned with disinfectants. The second is quarantining patients with very infectious diseases.
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