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Preventing and Controlling Infectious Agents

Preventing and Controlling Infectious Agents. APIC Fall Seminar 2012 Stephen P. Blatt MD FACP Medical Director Infectious Diseases TriHealth. HAIs - Overview. 1.7 million infections/yr in US hospitals 99,000 deaths/yr Cost: $5-10 Billion/yr Some estimates as high as $30 billion/yr

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The History of Medicine & Healthcare

The History of Medicine & Healthcare. HST 1 2010 - 2011. Ancient Times. Prevention of injury from predators Illness/disease caused by supernatural spirits. Ancient Times. Herbs and plants were used as medicine. Examples: Digitalis from foxglove plants

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Ignaz Semmelweis and the Determination of the Cause of Puerperal Fever

Ignaz Semmelweis and the Determination of the Cause of Puerperal Fever. Setting: The Vienna General Hospital. Ignaz Semmelweis. What was the problem?. Puerperal Fever, also known as childbed fever.

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History and Contemporary Perspectives IN MIDWIFERY & OBSTETRICS

History and Contemporary Perspectives IN MIDWIFERY & OBSTETRICS. Introduction. Midwifery is as old as the history of human species. Archeological evidence of a women squatting in child birth supported by another women from behind demonstrate the existence of midwifery in 500 BC.

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IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE OF PUERPERAL FEVER

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Streptococcus

Streptococcus. Streptococcus. Low G+C Cocci pairs/chains FA Non motile, NSF Capnophiles Catalase (-) Peroxidase Hemolysins Lancefield Groups 18 antigens Cell wall reactivity. Lancefield Groups. Membrane Ag Groups A-H, K-V Group A Strep. pyogenes Group B Strep. agalactiae

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