Importance of microbiology in nursing?

Q. Importance of microbiology in nursing?

Microbiology has always been an essential and important component of nursing and health  science curriculum. This is because of the relevance of microbiology in the hospitals and our daily life, particularly in the areas of sterilization, cleaning, aseptic processing, identification of infectious diseases, selection of drug therapy, development of new drugs, preparation of vaccines, storage and preservation of drugs. The importance of microbiology for nurses and health professionals in the control and prevention of infection in hospital is more and more recognized in recent years.

Basic knowledge of microbiology is required in the field of nursing due to the following reasons:

1.      One must have an idea of how infections spread.

2.      Which surfaces are most susceptible to infectious agents.

3.      How do you keep instruments aseptic and contaminant-free.

4.      Recognize the symptoms of an infection.

5.      Recognize the type of infection at its early stage.

6.      How to carefully take care of an open wound without infecting it.

7.      Recognize the type of infection as soon as it occurs.

8.      The nature of the organism and the factors affecting its growth.

9.      The most susceptible means of disease transmission.

10.  The composition of chemicals, drugs, aseptic solution etc

11.  The art of working in a laboratory.