Hospital acquired Pseudomonas Infection

Pseudomonas is a gram- negative bacterium; it is the most common pathogen

transferred from patient to patient in hospitals. Patients who have been in the

hospital for longer than 7 days are known to be the most at risk for contracting

Pseudomonas Infection. Healthy people with stronger immune systems are rarely

ever affected. Because it is an infection usually acquired in the hospital it is

considered to be a nosocomial infection. It is a systematic infection that can be life

threatening. Pseudomonas infections can affect the blood, lungs, skin, ears and eyes.

The infection may cause, inflammation, swelling, bleeding ulcers, difficulty

breathing, fever, headache as well as other symptoms. Before deciding a curse of

care, health care providers should consider antibiotic resistance before selecting a

medical treatment because Pseudomonas can adapt and overcome antibiotics. The

mode of transition for the infection is through direct and indirect contact. Usually

patients in a hospital get infected one of two ways. It can spread through health care

workers hands when an employee touched an infected patient and then touches a

non-infected patient. It can also spread through poorly cleaned equipment. These

two methods of transmission for the bacterium can be easily avoided by using

proper infection prevention practices. All medical equipment should be cleaned

properly after using them on each patient. Also, hand washing is the most important

way to stop the spread of infection, not only that but also changing gloves from

patient to patient would help to stop transmission of infections.