Download or read book Effectiveness of Hand Washing Among Healthcare Workers to Reduce Hospital acquired Infections written by Trisha Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor compliance to good handwashing practices is a worldwide public health problem. Most patient-to-patient bacteria is transmitted through the contaminated hand of health care workers. Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) cause more than 98,000 deaths annually in the United States, according to Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. (HAIs) are avoidable and can be prevented with proper hand hygiene compliance. Hospitals and health facilities have focused greater attention on hand hygiene in the last few years because of growing concern about HAIs. Staff education is a key element of the implementation of an effective hand hygiene improvement program. Improvements in hand hygiene practices have a clearly demonstrable positive impact on nosocomial infection rates.
Download or read book WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants. Definitions of health-care settings are proposed in Appendix 1. These Guidelines and the associated WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and an Implementation Toolkit (http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/) are designed to offer health-care facilities in Member States a conceptual framework and practical tools for the application of recommendations in practice at the bedside. While ensuring consistency with the Guidelines recommendations, individual adaptation according to local regulations, settings, needs, and resources is desirable. This extensive review includes in one document sufficient technical information to support training materials and help plan implementation strategies. The document comprises six parts.
Download or read book Handwashing Among Healthcare Professionals to Prevent Nosocomial Infections written by Raquel Miller and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand hygiene compliance is essential for the safety and enhancement of patient care. With non- compliance of proper hand washing technique from staff, nosocomial infections may occur. Nosocomial infections are infections that have developed in a patient while under medical care. These infections were not there or had been developing before the patient had been admitted into the healthcare facility, but the infection did arise within the seventy two hour time frame after being admitted into the healthcare facility. These infections that have developed in the hospital can be detrimental to a patient's recovery and many of these infections are produced by microorganisms that have become resilient to antibiotic therapy. Research has indicated that in many hospitals across the United States, shockingly hand washing compliance from healthcare staff fell below fifty percent. However, these numbers are not entirely valid due to the fact that many of the statistics are gathered by auditors which work in the healthcare facility and the workers are conscious of their existence. These figures were compared against nosocomial infections in the hospital setting and validated that with simple hand washing technique, many infections could have been avoided. Hospital acquired infections are detrimental in that they delay a patient's recovery process, extend hospital stay, development of resistance to antibiotic therapy, financial burden to the patient and to the healthcare system, disability, and even death. Hand hygiene is the most effective and basic way to prevent the rise of nosocomial infections. The way to reduce the occurrences of nosocomial infections is to provide education from current evidence based practice, skill training, mandatory in-services, and compliance with behavioral change from staff (Mehta, Y., Gupta, A., Todi, S., Myatra, S., Samaddar, D., Patil, V., Bhattacharya, P., and Ramasubban, S., 2014). This paper will discuss many options that healthcare workers may follow in order to be compliant with proper hand hygiene technique.
Download or read book Reduction of Hospital Acquired Infections Hand Hygiene among Nursing Students in Zambia written by Imukusi Mutanekelwa and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Medicine - Hospital Environment, Clinical Medicine, The University of Liverpool, course: Public Health, language: English, abstract: This work determines the demographic/training factors associated with the hand hygiene knowledge of nursing students in Solwezi, Zambia and aims to provide information for necessary actions in order to reduce Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI). A quantitative cross-sectional survey using primary data collected via a WHO validated self-administered questionnaire has been distributed to students at the Solwezi College of Nursing. 167/206 participants were recruited via stratified random sampling. Descriptive statistics highlighted potential relationships between demographic/training factors and students hand hygiene knowledge which reduces HAI. Moreover, potential relationships were analysed using Fishers exact test and a multinomial logistic regression. The low compliance to effective hand hygiene has continued to fuel the high prevalence of Hospital Acquired Infections in Africa. The large number of nursing students has a potentially high impact at reducing the HAI public health problem in Zambia, however, there is insufficient information on the nursing student’s demographic/training factors affecting their hand hygiene knowledge which reduces the HAI risk.
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Download or read book Impact of Hand Washing Education on Hospital Acquired Infections written by Harriet S. Katongole and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the research studies, Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) according to the World Health Organization (WHO,) review of scientific data related to hand hygiene (2009), in the industrialized countries 5-15% is claimed by HAI of inpatients and affects 9-37% of those admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). HAI's are responsible for prolonged hospital stays due to complications such as MRSA leading to costly treatments. Most of the deadly pathogens are carried by the healthcare from one patient to another or from one place to another if proper hand hygiene is not observed. However compliance of washing hands remains low or poor among healthcare workers. In published studies suggest that, on average, compliance with hand hygiene is around 40% (WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care). Education about hand hygiene remains the main factor to reinforce the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. The process of education is based on Health Belief Model a conceptual framework that describes a person's behavior as an expression of health beliefs. This is where one focuses on individual's perception of risks and benefits that can change in health related behavior such as washing hands. There are several components of the model including susceptibility, severity, benefits and barriers. An education program to motivate health workers should be initiated to improve washing hands to prevent HAI. Providing regular training on the importance of hand hygiene using " My 5 Moments for hand hygiene" approach and the correct procedures of hand rubbing and hand washing to all health workers. (WHO, 2005) By providing the tools to support health care workers and others responsible for improving patient safety at the national and local levels WHO Patient Safety hopes to see compliance increase in each country of the world from its current Impact of Hand Washing Education on Hospital Acquired Infection baseline. The goal is to promote hand hygiene and increase awareness of Hospital Acquired Infections through education Evidenced Based programs.
Download or read book Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit written by Hendrick K.F. van Saene and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensive care is a rapidly changing area of medicine, and after four years from the 2nd edition the volume editors and authors have deemed necessary to update it. In the recent years, in fact, five new randomised controlled trials and five new meta-analyses demonstrate that selective decontamination of the digestive tract [SDD] is an antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent severe infections of not only lower airways but also of blood. Additionally, SDD has been shown to reduce inflammation including multiple organ failure and mortality. An intriguing observation is the evidence that SDD using parenteral and enteral antimicrobials reduces rather than increases antimicrobial resistance. Moreover, a new chapter on microcirculation had been added. The volume will be an invaluable tool for all those requiring in depth knowledge in the ever expanding field of infection control.
Download or read book Hand Hygiene written by Didier Pittet and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die erste umfassende und wegweisende Publikation zur Handhygiene, eines der grundlegendsten und wichtigsten Themen bei der Infektionsbekämpfung und Patientensicherheit. Für alle medizinischen Berufe ist dieses Handbuch zur Handhygiene ein wichtiges Referenzwerk, geschrieben von weltweit führenden Wissenschaftlern und Klinikern. - Geschrieben von weltweit führenden Experten des Fachgebiets. - Berücksichtigt umfassend die Richtlinien und Vorschriften der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO). - Behandelt das Thema Handhygiene aus globaler Sicht, relevant für Industrie- und Entwicklungsländer. - Erörtert grundlegende sowie hochkomplexe klinische Anwendungen der Handhygiene. - Beinhaltet neue, ungewöhnliche Aspekte und Fragestellungen, wie religiöse und kulturelle Aspekte und die Einbeziehung der Patienten. - Bietet Leitlinien für nationale und weltweite Hygienekampagnen, für jeden Einzelnen, für Institutionen und Organisationen.
Download or read book State of the world s hand hygiene written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infection written by Esther Ibihwiori and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand hygiene is the most effective way of reducing and controlling infection in the clinical settings. Increasing readmission rate associated with hospital or healthcare acquired infections (HAI) affect millions every year resulting loss of lives in addition to extra cost of care and time. Research has shown that lack of hand hygiene compliance among health care workers such as nurses, doctors, nursing assistants and other allied health workers is directly linked with health care-associated infections. While infection can affect people of all ages, the most vulnerable are the elderly, the very young, people with chronic illnesses such as end stage cancer, surgical patients, as well as people undergoing invasive procedures such as dialysis. Health care-associated infection (HCAI), also referred to as hospital acquired infection(HAI), is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other health care facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission. Prolonged hospital stays, long-term disability, increased resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials, massive additional costs for health systems, high costs for patients and their family, and unnecessary deaths are some the outcomes of HCAIs (World Health Organization) (WHO).Implementing structured education and training will improve healthcare workers compliance with hand hygiene in order to prevent the occurrence and spread of deadly infections before they occur.
Download or read book Hand Hygiene written by Didier Pittet and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die erste umfassende und wegweisende Publikation zur Handhygiene, eines der grundlegendsten und wichtigsten Themen bei der Infektionsbekämpfung und Patientensicherheit. Für alle medizinischen Berufe ist dieses Handbuch zur Handhygiene ein wichtiges Referenzwerk, geschrieben von weltweit führenden Wissenschaftlern und Klinikern. - Geschrieben von weltweit führenden Experten des Fachgebiets. - Berücksichtigt umfassend die Richtlinien und Vorschriften der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO). - Behandelt das Thema Handhygiene aus globaler Sicht, relevant für Industrie- und Entwicklungsländer. - Erörtert grundlegende sowie hochkomplexe klinische Anwendungen der Handhygiene. - Beinhaltet neue, ungewöhnliche Aspekte und Fragestellungen, wie religiöse und kulturelle Aspekte und die Einbeziehung der Patienten. - Bietet Leitlinien für nationale und weltweite Hygienekampagnen, für jeden Einzelnen, für Institutionen und Organisationen.
Download or read book Significance of Handwashing and the Reduction of Hospital Acquired Infections written by Ninette A. Ahsaf and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on documented studies, the prevalence of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) is alarming. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 1.8 million patients suffer annually from HAIs, it's the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and kills more people than AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined. Research has undeniably, identified handwashing as the single most effective and cost-efficient method for preventing and reducing HAIs. Yet hand hygiene compliance among health care workers is notoriously low. Implementation and improvement in hand hygiene compliance, with the proper use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers, can reduce HAIs rates by as much as 40%. These interventions can potentially decrease lengths of hospital stay, health care costs and decrease morbidity and mortality rates.
Download or read book Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance by Healthcare Workers written by Patrick Kimuyu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Health - Public Health, grade: 1, Egerton University (Public Health), course: Infection Control, language: English, abstract: Hand hygiene has emerged as the only single strategy that has the potential for reducing hospital-acquired infections. Evidence indicates that hospital-acquired infections pose an immense hazard for patients within the hospital environment, and healthcare workers, including nurses are involved in the transmission of these infections. This explains why health organizations such as WHO, The Joint Commission and Centers for Disease Control have embarked on spearheading education and awareness on hand hygiene. Despite these efforts, evidence indicates that healthcare workers continue to exhibit low levels of hand hygiene compliance. Therefore, this essay will demonstrate how nurses can assume a leadership role within the hospital settings in accordance with the health safety standards (National Safety and Quality Health Services) as outlined by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care [ACSQHC]. It will be discussed how nurses can adopt hand hygiene strategies to improve compliance to the national hand hygiene initiative in the wards as one of the key approaches for preventing and controlling hospital-acquired infections.
Download or read book Significance of Effective Hand Washing and Reducing Surgical Site Infections written by Tania Goicuria and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of time, infections have been a problem amongst patients cared for at home or hospital settings. Research has shown that infection rates have gotten better and people like Florence Nightengale are to thank for the awareness being brought to medical personnel. It has been brought to many health care workers' attention that patients don't normally arrive with infections, but somehow leave with them whether they are in a hospital or outpatient surgery centers, this leads many to see that it is the health care providers who are carrying the infections and spreading them as they care for patients. In the following proposal, the problem of surgical site infections (SSI's) and hospital acquired infections (HAI's) is explained and offers various possible solutions to decrease and stop SSI's and HAI's from occurring at medical facilities. An implementation plan as well as an evaluation plan is included in the proposal. Getting all the stakeholders involved is also described in the dissemination plan. Finally, there will be patient surveys and a hand hygiene questionnaire to proceed with the proposal. Studies have shown that hand hygiene, whether its soap and water or alcohol based hand rubs help to decrease bacteria on a health care provider's hands or family members' hands, which helps to stop the spread of infection post operatively and during a stay at a hospital. Something so small can save patients, families, healthcare facilities, time and money.
Download or read book Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management written by Liam Donaldson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.
Download or read book Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital Acquired Infections written by Sisaly Varghese and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are a major public health problem today, resulting in increased morbidity, mortality, and increased health care cost. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 1.7 million HAIs which caused 99,000 deaths in 2002. Hospitalized patients carry infectious microorganisms which are transmitted from one patient to other by the hands of health care workers (HCW). Hand washing is the best way to remove these microorganisms and to prevent transmission of diseases. According to Takahashi and Turale (2010), regular and timely hand washing practices can reduce the incidence of infection in health care facilities. However, hand washing compliance remains unacceptably low among HCWs. A study conducted by Knoll and others (2010), revealed that compliance with hand hygiene can be positively influenced by education, knowledge, motivation and relevant training courses; and also be negatively impacted by external factors such as increased workload. Implementing an evidence-based hand hygiene compliance program to improve hand hygiene practice and to promote compliance is paramount important in preventing HAIs among hospitalized patients. Disseminating the results of the compliance program targeting the intended audience would share knowledge about the program to improve practice and to maximize its impact on patient outcome. Evaluating the HCWs knowledge and compliance with hand hygiene practices using a monitoring tool and competency check list will determine the effectiveness of the program. Compliance with recommended hand hygiene guidelines reduces transmission of microorganisms and decreases the incidence of HAIs which in turn will decrease mortality, morbidity, and health care cost.
Download or read book The Etiology Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever written by Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semmelweis's exposure to the childbed fever was concurrent with his appointment to the Vienna maternity hospital in 1846. Like many similar hospitals and clinics in the major cities of nineteenth-century Europe and America, where death rates from the illness sometimes climbed as high as 40 percent of admitted patients, the Viennese wards were ravaged by the fever. Intensely troubled by the tragic and baffling loss of so many young mothers, Semmelweis sought answers. The Etiology was testimony to his success. Based on overwhelming personal evidence, it constituted a classic description of a disease, its causes, and its prevention. It also allowed a necessary response to the obstetrician's already vocal, rabid, and perhaps predictable critics. For Semmelweis's central thesis was a startling one - the fever, he correctly surmised, was caused not by epidemic or endemic influences but by unsterilized and thus often contaminated hands of the attending physicians themselves.
