The Communicable Infection Shingles

Running head: THE COMMUNICABLE INFECTION SHINGLES
THE COMMUNICABLE INFECTION SHINGLES
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Table of Contents
Question 1 – Selection of the key infection control principles that should be applied to Mrs.
Smith for minimising the transmission of infection to the staffs and other people.........................2
Question 2 – Rationales for the implementation of the two infection controls...............................2
Question 3- Relation of Comprehensive care standard 5 in relation to this case............................3
Question 4 – Fall prevention strategy..............................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5

2THE COMMUNICABLE INFECTION SHINGLES
Question 1 – Selection of the key infection control principles that should be
applied to Mrs. Smith for minimising the transmission of infection to the staffs
and other people
In the given case study, the patients is an old lady of 50 years of age. The medical history
of the patient is showing that she has suffered from chicken pox before. The patient is also
suffering from type II diabetes since the last 15 years and also muscular degeneration. Presently
the integument inspection has revealed that the patient is having pinkish or reddish dots in the
regions of the abdomen. Even the blisters have fluids intact within them. The patient is suffering
from sensation of burning and has also complained of pain. The patient is suffering from shingles
caused by Varicella zoster. This is a very infectious disease and spreads from one person easily.
In the present case, one way by which the infection control can be prevented is by avoiding
touching to other persons. If the patient do not touch to other persons, then the disease will not
spreads (Lecrenier et al., 2018). Another way of preventing the infection is not touching or
scratching the rashes because if the fluid comes out then the infection can spreads to other parts
of the body and from there to other persons (Chakravarty, 2017).
Question 2 – Rationales for the implementation of the two infection controls
In the given case study, it is seen that after the patient has fallen down, her husband made
a call to the ambulance for taking her to the emergency department. The patient has developed
rash in the whole abdominal region, so if the treatment is not started now then her health
condition may worse. The two ways of infection control measures that are mentioned are
avoiding touching to other persons and avoid starching of the rashes. These two infection control
principles are chosen because the patient is going to get admitted in the hospital and the
causative agent of this disease is Varicella zoster, the same causative agent of chicken pox. Even
the symptoms of shingles is also quite similar with the symptoms of chicken pox. The rationale
behind the patient not to touch other patients because after many years of chicken pox, the virus
remains inactive in the tissues of the nerve near the brain and the spinal cord. After many years
the virus may get active again and cause shingles (Rullán et al., 2017). So in the hospital many
patients are admitted, if in case the infection gets spread to one of the patient then there is a
chance of all the patients to get infected. The rationale behind not to scratch the infected area and