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good hand – cough hygiene
What is a good hand – cough hygiene ???
27.04.2009
ESBL (Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase)
My daughter (6 years old) is suffering from CF, her grand-grandmother has spent a long time in hospital, as her leg had been amputated. Now she is discharged home, but she has been diagosed of ESBL (Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase), which should stay like this. She has had MRSA, too, however, it ...
05.05.2009
Nebulizer
Good evening, I have two nieces with CF, and we would like to know if there is a sterilizer available for inhalators and other aids. My sister boils them and dries them with a hair dryer. Thank you
19.01.2009
disinfection in freezer
Can the frost in the freezer replace disinfection with these preparations (nebulization equipment)?
04.05.2009
Hygiene guidelines for using a port
Dear experts, I am asking on behalf of a patient: My question: Are there any general hygiene guidelines for using a port? I got my port two-and-a-half years ago. When I taught how to carry out my i.v. therapies at home 18 years ago, cleanliness was of utmost importance – closing the ...
08.01.2009
Inhalor and flutter cleaning
What is the best way of desinfication and cleaning of a inhalor and flutter?
04.12.2008
Pseudomonas (2nd question)
I just asked several questions about Pseudomonas, now I got some more: To probe a patient (CF, 30 years old, under artificial respiration, pseudomonas positive, in poor condition) we use 50 ml bladder syringes [in German: Blasenspritze]. Most team members afterwards rinse them with tab water and ...
24.11.2008
Hygiene in the office of a physiotherapist
I am treating as a physiotherapist several patients suffering from CF in my office. Since lately, I have a patient with an MRSA (methicillin resistant S. aureus) as well as B. cepacia germ. How are the possibilities to go on treating these patients in the office without "injure" the official ...
07.03.2008
Hygiene of Pseudomonas
Taps and Pseudomonas
12.12.2007
Can a pregnant physiotherapist continue working with chronically infected CF-Patients?
Ladies and Gentlemen, I work as physiotherapist with CF-patients. Currently, I am in my 3rd week of pregnancy. Some of my patients are chronically infected with CF-pathogens like MRSA and Burkholderia cepacia. My present MRSA precautions are mouth protection, smock, hood, and gloves; with ...
07.01.2008
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