Respiratory diseases associated with finger clubbing include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, cystic fibrosis (thick mucus in the throat and digestive tract), and bronchiectasis (destruction of the large airways).
Safety culture is fundamentally a local problem, in that wide variations in the perception of safety culture can exist within a single organization. The perception of safety culture might be high in one unit within a hospital and low in another unit, or high among management and low among frontline workers. Research also shows that individual provider burnout negatively affects safety culture perception.
For these reasons, it is important to handle any bacterial culture as if it were pathogenic. The reasons for using safe practices when working with any bacteria are similar to the reasons why universal precautions are taken in hospitals when handling any body fluids.