The article “Flies’ Feet Can Spread Bacteria” explains how Pathogens and Bacteria can be spread by flies’. Scientists experimented on houseflies and blowflies in which their laboratory experiments prove that flies can pick up bacteria on their legs and then deposit the microbial bacteria elsewhere. In addition, many scientists believe that flies can contribute to the rapid transmission of pathogens and outbreak situations. In other words, flies may be associated with the transfer of bacteria in outbreaks of diseases. These flies mostly stay around places with trash and sewage. For example, many of the test flies were in Brazil where the acquired bacteria from sewage and transferred to other locations. The flies’ legs are the most crucial factor
faecalis has a low pathogenicity (scilo), it is a virulent, opportunistic pathogen to be reckoned with and is thought of as a super-bug. This is not only due to its ability to resist a variety of antibiotics, but also its ability to travel and employ biofilm formations. It can grow and adapt in many different environments. It can thrive in a wide range of temperatures and has disregard whether salt or oxygen are present, or whether the pH is basic or acidic. Its resilience on inanimate objects makes it a perfect candidate for transmission to occur within the hospital environment from hand to instrument, but it can also be spread via hand-to-hand contact and from food contamination (Public Health Agency of
Maintaining healthy cultures is essential in achieving the proper outcome expected for this lab. Before preparation of vials, or observation of flies, the workbenches and equipment, such as brushes, pipets, and measuring tools were wiped down with 70% ethanol ,and fly pads, as well as Co2 guns, were thoroughly disinfected with kim wipes. Hands were required to be thoroughly washed with anti-bacterial soap and completely dry, especially before preparation of food. Distilled water and other required sources were regularly changed in order to maintain
Bacteria can exist almost everywhere, some are harmless, and some are harmful. There are thousands of different types of bacteria and they fall
The Bellevue-Stratford hotel article discussed a case of sicknesses caused by Legionella bacteria. The doctors treating the people didn’t know what was the cause, but scientist collected samples from that patient’s lungs. Upon initial review, nothing conclusive was found from the lung samples, but months later a cluster of red rods was found that was overlooked the first time. This taught me that it is so, so import to double check your work and be thorough with your job. I also learned that air flows through a city differently than I thought. While reading the article, I understood that the disease wasn’t spreading but I kept wondering why if it was related to the air. It just seemed like it should spread. I learned that the bacteria were
Today in medicine doctors are rapidly isolating and distinguishing the many pathogenic microbes encountered daily within the environment. Public health has been affected from the faster identification of microorganisms by delivering an accurate analysis to patients in order to receive treatment of the disease in a timely manner. Due to the growing understanding of these organisms more have been easier to indicate to improve water quality. Also more methods have been developed for better treatment options from fecal bacteria in public water systems. Scientist has developed such specific methods of identifying the unknown organism to tell if the contamination has come from either a human, bird, or mammal. (Achtman et al., 2008)
The disease was caused by rats and rat fleas but, also from human to human by breathing the same air. Scientists know that the bacillus travels from person to person, through
Explain two ways you help in preventing the spread of pathogens on a daily basis. (4 Points)
How the disease was transmitted was further looked on by Nelson (1995). According to the said author, the disease was transmitted primarily by fleas and rats. The stomachs of the fleas were infected with bacteria known Y. Pestis. Nelson held that “the bacteria would block the "throat" of infected fleas so that no blood could reach their stomachs, and they grew ravenous since they were starving to death” (1995, par. 14). The bacteria would then attempt to suck up blood from their victims, only to disgorge it back into their preys' bloodstreams (Nelson, 1995). Now, however, the victims' blood was mixed with Y. Pestis. Fleas infected rats in this fashion, and the rats spread the disease to other rats and fleas before dying (Nelson, 1995). Without rodent hosts, the fleas then migrated to the bodies of humans and infected them in the same fashion as they had the rats .
Propaganda Hitler once said, “By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.” (“Nazi Propaganda” 1). Propaganda is simply someone trying to get others to believe that what they do is correct or reasonable. We see propaganda in our daily lives trying to convince us to follow along with what others are doing. The Nazis took over the media to communicate their ideas of the Jew and make others see the Germans, or “Aryans” as the superior race.
Disease has ravaged the Earth for millions, if not billions, of years. It has existed since the formation of multicellular organisms on the Earth. Disease arises in many different forms, including parasitic, mutational, viral, bacterial, and countless more. All life on planet Earth is susceptible to infection of a disease. Part of what makes numerous diseases extraordinarily dangerous is the copious number of methods transmission can occur. Diseases can become airborne, transmitted through consumed sustenance, inherited from previous generations, and various diseases can spontaneously appear out of thin air. New forms of disease are being generated all the time. A major disease devastating boreal forests across the North American continent is White Nose Syndrome.
In the novel The Sun Also Rises, written by Ernest Hemingway the main character, Jake, makes a decision to introduce the woman he loves to a young bullfighter. He had received a wound from W.W.I that scarred him sexually and thus set him apart from anyone else. Jake loves Brett, but cannot be with her since she has an active love life. Brett said, "Oh, Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together."…"Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"(122). Jake seems to be an observer who watches the lives of his friends unfold and happen around him, but without his participation. Jake makes the decision very much against the will of his friends, but in doing so he pleases
Biological transmission occurs when the pathogen reproduces within a biological vector that transmits the pathogen from one host to another . Arthropods are the main vectors responsible for biological transmission. For example, hemipterans (called “kissing bugs” or “assassin bugs”) transmit Chagas disease to humans by defecating when they bite, after which the hu-man scratches or rubs the infected feces into a mucous membrane or break in the
I would do some research about contamination in a bare hands and contamination in gloves. I would find evidence to prove that wearing globes does not make any difference. The gloves can be contaminated as hands. Using gloves contribute to more contamination and more use of plastic which is not biodegradable. Using gloves also increase the cost to make a dish, and at the end the customer would be the one paying for that. I would organize my information and let people that work in a restaurant put their signature as prove of
or less adapted to the necessities of life, the body is shown as something concurrently solid,
This assignment will encompass how the results of the personal hygiene and susceptibility microbiology experiments provide a framework for the basis of the NICE Clinical Guidance (CG139) on Infection and how crucial the reasons for the hand wash protocol and hygiene is in all healthcare settings.