Risk of infection is a nursing diagnosis which is defined as "the state in which an individual is at risk to be invaded by an opportunistic or pathogenic agent (virus, fungus, bacteria, protozoa, or other parasite) from endogenous or exogenous sources"[1] and was approved by NANDA in 1986. Although anyone can become infected by a pathogen, patients with this diagnosis are at an elevated risk and extra infection controls should be considered.
^Carpenito, L J, ed. (2002). Nursing diagnosis: application to clinical practice (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott. ISBN 0-7817-3319-7.
Riskofinfection is a nursing diagnosis which is defined as "the state in which an individual is at risk to be invaded by an opportunistic or pathogenic...
old). The most common cause ofinfection is Escherichia coli, though other bacteria or fungi may sometimes be the cause. Risk factors include female anatomy...
infection persists and results in either warts or precancerous lesions. These lesions, depending on the site affected, increase the riskof cancer of...
spores with further spread occurring via the hands of healthcare workers. Risk factors for infection include antibiotic or proton pump inhibitor use, hospitalization...
(hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infectionsof the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus...
reduce the riskof neonatal infection. Pregnant women may receive intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal infection. Infant respiratory...
where they can infect people who are most at riskofinfection. Staphylococcus includes at least 44 species. Of these, nine have two subspecies, one has three...
and postpartum endometritis. Risk factors include infectionof the amniotic fluid, prior PROM, bleeding in the later parts of pregnancy, smoking, and a mother...
under 25 and others at riskofinfection. Risk factors include a history of chlamydial or other sexually transmitted infection, new or multiple sexual...
a penile infection from anal intercourse, while receptive MSM may get anorectal gonorrhea. Women have a 60–80% riskof getting the infection from a single...
People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater riskofinfection. It has been proposed that Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum (pig...
streptococcal infections are a number ofinfections with Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A streptococcus (GAS). S. pyogenes is a species of beta-hemolytic...
An infection rate or incident rate is the probability or riskof an infection in a population. It is used to measure the frequency of occurrence of new...
caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan. Infections with toxoplasmosis are associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric and behavioral conditions....
lubrication and bacteria, which can change the normal pH, increasing the riskofinfections from the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which can lead to toxic...
life-threatening instead of helping to fight against the infection. Those who have a high riskof sepsis during a leptospirosis infection are found to have the...
associated with inflammation and riskofinfection. Larger or deeper splinters can result in difficult removal, or localization of the foreign body. Fishhooks:...
An opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally...
infectiosum, fifth disease, or slapped cheek syndrome is one of several possible manifestations ofinfection by parvovirus B19. Fifth disease typically presents...
replacement of lines makes no difference in preventing infection. The CDC makes many recommendations regarding risk reduction for infectionof CVCs, including:...
not washing hands before eating, only increases the riskofinfection without affecting the riskof allergies or immune disorders. Hygiene is essential...
Skin infections represent more than 95% of cases. Without treatment the riskof death from skin anthrax is 23.7%. For intestinal infection the riskof death...
there is a high riskofinfection and insufficient time for the body to develop its own immune response, or to reduce the symptoms of ongoing or immunosuppressive...
90% of the people at the same table as the sick person later reported becoming ill. There was a direct correlation between the riskofinfectionof people...
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