Stanimar is staying in the hospital after surgery. He starts to suffer from a fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. How did Stanimar most likely contract his nosocomial infection?
A urinary catheter was not properly sterilized before it was used.
A nurse did not properly disinfect her hands before she inserted the ventilator during surgery.
A health-care worker did not disinfect her hands after she helped another patient to the bathroom.
The surgical instruments that were used during his surgery were not properly cleaned before his procedure.
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Healthcare worker did not disinfect her hands after she helped another patient to the bathroom.., because all of the symptoms are of typhoid disease which spread proper hygiene conditions are not maintained.
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The surgical instruments that were used during his surgery were not properly cleaned before his procedure.
Explanation:
- The noscomial infections are the hospital acquired infections that spread due to use of contaminated equipments for surgery, contaminated bed and sitting arrangement, contaminated and infected hands of the hospital staff.
- The given condition is indicating towards the viral gastroenteritis which is an intestinal infection that is characterized by the watery diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain. This spreads due to the ingestion of the contaminated food or water, through contact with the infected person and use of contaminated medical equipments in the surgery.
- The reason for the noscomial infection in this case is the use of not properly cleaned surgical instruments. As the equipments may be affected by the virus from the infected person and the surgery will involve the penetration or dissection of the body cavity will likely to introduce the virus in the stomach and intestine resulting viral gastroenteritis.
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