Causes and Spread of Infection

Identification of the difference between viruses, fungi, bacteria and parasites 

Bacteria. Bacteria refer to the smallest living and non-living organism that multiply by themselves.  Bacteria can be useful and dangerous for health as they spread infection and diseases and generally treated with antibiotics.

The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control

Role and responsibilities of employee's in prevention and control of infection

The employer’s role and responsibilities concerning control or prevent the infections are to follow all the hygienic instruction and ensure that all the rules and regulations are being followed. The employer personal hygiene should be well maintained, and he must be familiar regarding how to use gloves and apron before touching the infectious individual. The employer needs to ensure that employees have PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) and well trained concerning the policies and procedure (Ritchie, Sanderson, Kilbane, & Routledge, 2003).

Cleaning Decontamination and Waste Management

State the general principles for environmental cleaning

The general principle for environmental cleaning focuses on the eradication of germs and pathogens thorough cleaning, exposing to the light, dry, ventilated environment. The waste product, body fluids, and spillages should be responsibly eliminated from the environment. Dry, dust and liquid substances must be clean using the COSHH assessment manual. While cleaning and dusting PPE must be worn and should be disposed into the yellow bin (AGREE Collaboration, 2003).

Use of Medication in the Social Care Setting

Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in the social care setting

The legislation that governs the use of medication is Social Care Setting are: The Medicines Act 1968, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, COSHH, The Data Protection Act 1998 plus equality legislation, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, The Misuse of Drugs Safe Custody Regulations, The Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Access to Health Records Act 1990.

Role of Media in Promoting Cultural Safety in Health Care

Role and Power of Current Australian Media

Australia stands among high ranked countries in providing the adequate health care as compared to other counties.  The (OECD) Australian Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provides a better life indexes to its inhabitants in terms of mental, social and physical well-being. Australian efforts to provide a high standard and excellent health care and give rise to many advantages to the population and society such as longer life expectancy. 

Medication Error, Ethical Principles and Legislation

Medication Error

Medication error refers to failure in the process of medical treatment that leads to the death of the patient (Ajazuddin, & Saraf, 2012). A medication error is most common mal-practice is a health care setting that leads to poor health outcomes of the patients (Weant, Bailey& Baker, 2014). 

Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder

The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder can be difficult due to similarities to other conditions. The prevalence of borderline personality disorder is common in clinical or outpatients (Guilé et al., 2018). According to recent data, the ratio for psychiatric outpatient is 20%; in contrast, only 10% reported to be inpatient. The prevalence of borderline personality disorder is 1% in the general population (Biskin, & Paris, 2012).  The onset age for borderline personality disorder found

Management for Alcohol-Induced Psychosis

The alcohol is the most frequently used substance have positive correlates with the psychosis. The literature doesn’t provide substantial data for determining the link between alcohol and psychosis (Department of Health, 2002). A few studies suggested the people who are regular users of alcohol

Assessment and Case Formulation of Alcohol-Induced Psychosis

Alcohol-related to psychosis, found to be consistent with alcohol dependency, alcohol, intoxication, and alcohol withdrawal. According to the Diagnostic and statistical manual (5th Edition), the psychosis due to alcohol use, without any other mental illness, diagnosed as substance-induced disorders (Hendricks, 2017). According to the recent data around 3-4 per cent alcoholic abusers

Horizontal and Vertical Equity and Assess in the Evaluation of Mental and Physical Health Care Systems

Vertical aspects of mental and physical health care focus on prevention but stem from a curative care model (Vogenberg, & Santilli, 2018). Strategic vertical equity promotes the linear progression between, prevention and treatment of mental illness or psychological disorders considering the equality principles for the entire population (Lund, 2012). The sectoral and cross-sectoral
collaboration allows the developmental actors to respond and acknowledge the psychosocial needs of the patients and facilitate population with a real boost in the scaling up mental health services worldwide (Vogenberg, & Santilli, 2018). 

A Case Study of Conduct Disoder

Introduction

Conduct disorder is a psychological disorder diagnosed in children and adolescents in the presence of three or more characteristic symptoms, i.e. destruction of properties, deceitfulness or threat and aggression to the humans or animals (American Psychological Association, 2000).