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Preventive healthcare strategies are described as taking place at the primal, [2] primary, [13] secondary, and tertiary prevention levels. Although advocated as preventive medicine in the early twentieth century by Sara Josephine Baker, [14] in the 1940s, Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark coined the term primary prevention.
[13] [15] Pneumonia is also the leading cause of death in children less than five years of age in low income countries. [15] The most common cause of pneumonia is pneumococcal bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for 2/3 of bacteremic pneumonias. [16] Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia has a mortality rate of around 20%. [14]
In 1953, care planning was not believed to be within the nursing scope of practice. [5] In the 1970s, care planning was activity based. [5] Patients were listed according to the procedures they were having done, which determined their plan of care. [5] Care provided was passed on by word of mouth, dressing books, and work lists. [5]
Other methods of prevention include hand washing to prevent infection, prompt treatment of worsening respiratory symptoms, and not smoking. [10] [19] Treatment depends on the underlying cause. [20] Pneumonia believed to be due to bacteria is treated with antibiotics. [11] If the pneumonia is severe, the affected person is generally hospitalized ...
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In 2002, an expert panel made recommendations about the evaluation and treatment of probable nursing home-acquired pneumonia. [22] They defined probably pneumonia, emphasized expedite antibiotic treatment (which is known to improve survival) and drafted criteria for the hospitalization of willing patients.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that "It is well documented that the most important measure for preventing the spread of pathogens is effective handwashing". [7] In the developed world, hand washing is mandatory in most health care settings and required by many different regulators. [citation needed]
Medicare Part D covers most vaccines and immunizations. Medicare Part B covers some others, such as flu shots and the COVID-19 vaccine. Medicare Advantage (Part C) also offers vaccine coverage.