To bring the hospital into compliance by showing evidenced-based improvement and reducing hospital acquired infections requires a more regulated and protocoled hand hygiene routine on al medical floors. Implementing the Hill-Rom…
Although medical and nursing staff employ the use of standard and additional precautions the single most important thing that staff can do whilst working is perform effective hand washing to reduce the risks of cross contamination. Everyone has some form of resident flora on their body, this helps the host to stay healthy but when this resident flora is transferred by contact to another person this may cause the person to become ill. In addition to this resident flora a person picks up infectious particles through contact with other people or environmental surroundings (Koutoukidis et al, 2013, p 361). The most effective way an enrolled nurse or other health care workers can decrease the risk of transmission of these infectious organisms is…
The Australian Commission developed the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) to improve the quality of health administrations in Australia. It gives 10 NSQHS standards which are exceptionally critical to run a secure and quality framework. The standards primarily help the population from any type of damage and to improve the health administrations. The standards additionally help to maintain a clean environment for all patients (Australian Commission, 2016). This essay will discuss two standards preventing and controlling healthcare associated infection standard and the medication safety standard.…
3. What is the impact of the policy to this institution (economic, implementation, services, etc.)? The objective of the Joint Commission standard is to focus on quality improvement, not blame. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has recently instituted new standards to encourage facilities to focus on infection control. Factoring in, all hospitals are required by the Joint Commission to demonstrate compliance with hand washing practices.…
Collaborative Committee Meeting Observation It is necessary to mention that it takes a team spirit to run a health care organization. Therefore, it is imperative for all members of a committee, even if they are part of medical personnel, the management, or the representatives, to grasp the concept of shared governance and the proponents that compromise an efficient governance approach (Choi & Robertson, 2014). Furthermore, each healthcare organization work with interdisciplinary crews like the Infection Control Committee (ICC) and the Safety Committee to reduce employee and patient risk. Even though, the patients may not broadly know the existences of any of these committees. Fortunately, the ICC plays an essential component in every patient…
Once the chain of infection has been identified, it’s very important for the community nurse to be able to break the chain of infection by providing education to all those involved including the community. Getting people to understand the proper ways to prevent spreading infection and bacteria includes frequent hand washing, good hygiene, proper food storage and keeping things clean in their living environment. Depending on the type of infection, there are other ways for the community nurse to break the chain. It’s very important for the community nurse to be equipped with personal protective equipment in order to prevent splatters into any open areas such as broken skin respiratory tract, and mucous…
Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene Kayla M. Fleming Milwaukee Area Technical College NRSAD 114: Management and Professional Concepts October 16th, 2016 Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene It’s hard to imagine washing or sanitizing your hands every time you touch someone you’ve known for a very long time. Hand hygiene seems common place in hospital settings but may sometimes go lacking in long term care settings due simply to familiarity with the people being cared for. Regardless of the setting, the Clinical practice guidelines are the same. The purpose of this paper will be to explore the Long Term Care National Patient Safety Goal of Infection Prevention: Hand Hygiene, the Evidence-based guideline related to the National Patient Safety…
I feel that this is an experience that every student in healthcare should go through. One of the most important observations that I made concerns the various procedures of preventing infections in the operating room. The prevention majorly focuses on the patient, especially when considered the patient has open sounds during the operating process. At times, the practitioners tend to forget the importance of cleaning their hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based cleaners when interacting with the environment (Scott, Earl, Leaper, Massey, Mewburn, Williams, 1999). Notably, the assumption that the practitioner does not need to clean hands simply because they have gloves is misplaced, and it is often overlooked (Weber, Anderson, &Rutala, 2013; Karki& Cheng, 201)).…
Health care-acquired infection (HCAI) is a foremost problem for patient safety and its surveillance. Prevention of HCAI has got to be the first main concern for settings and institutions dedicated to making health care safer. The impact of HCAI implies extended hospital stay, long-term disability, increased antimicrobials resistance of microorganisms, massive extra economic load, high expenses for patients and their families, and excess mortalities ( Boyce J., 2009). In the USA, 10%, or 2 million, patients a year become infected (HCAI), with the annual cost ranging from $4.5 billion to $11 billion. The most frequent type of infection hospital-wide is urinary tract infection (36%), followed by surgical site infection (20%), and bloodstream infection and pneumonia (both 11%)(World Health Organization, 2009).…
Cross infection is the transmission of micro- organism from one person to another. Cross infection is common, many organism can be found such as scabies, lice, fungus, pinwork, round worms and ring worms. It is caused by bacteria living on our bodies , without appropriate cleanness a individual can become sick. When coming into contact with bodily fluids including mucus, vomit, blood or sweat we have to follow health and safety procedures which are to wear gloves because it acts as a protective barrier against any potential infection.…
This article is about healthcare associated infections within healthcare facilities or the result of the intervention the healthcare worker made. It was discovered that chlorine reduced the rates of puerperal fever and that overall hand washing in general reduced the rates significantly. Other methods that reduce the spread rate of infection are hand hygiene, isolation, and environmental cleanliness. The fact that these precautions are irregular between healthcare personnel is one of the main causes of healthcare associated infections. HAIs (health care associated infections contribute to how fast the infection spreads or how deadly it is.…
An infection develops if the chain of infection remains intact (Potter et al., 2014, p. 166). In patient care it is important to use infection control measures to break the chain of transmission (Potter et al., 2014, p. 166). The practice standards displays that a nurse can break this chain by adhering to appropriate hand hygiene protocols and taking all essential measures to prevent the transmission of infection from the nurse to client or other health care providers (CNO, 2009). Medical asepsis, or clean techniques includes procedures used for reducing the number of organisms and their transfer (Potter et al., 2014, p. 166-167). Hand hygiene is the most important and basic technique in…
Retrieved from Henry The Hand: http://www.henrythehand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hand-Hygiene-Challenges-and-Strategies.pdf World Health Organization. (2012). Hand Hygiene in Outpatient and Home-based Care. Geneva: World Health Organzation…
Nursing is a rewarding field of practice with numerous different job opportunities and the ability to promote health and well being to all. Wound Care nursing is a specialized practice within nursing that specializes in wound, ostomy and continence care. They provide direct and indirect care to patients who suffer from any form of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or integumentary system problems. The intent of this paper is to discuss what it means to be a wounds care nurse and the roles responsibilities, and education that is required.…
Hospital acquired infections are particularly challenging because many of these infections have developed antibiotic resistance (Pollack, 2010; Rosenberg, 2015). However, most hospital acquired infections are preventable through a variety of techniques, including the use of hand washing, equipment sterilization, use of gloves, sanitizing surfaces, among other things (Mehta et al., 2014; Monistrol, Calbo, Riera, Nicolas, Font, Freixas, & Garau, 2012; U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). The key here is consistency, and a hospital culture committed to reducing and even eliminating hospital acquired…