Analysis of Article Research Report Results Jillian Mason NUR HSC/438 October 7, 2013 Amber Krasny MBA, RHIT, CPC, CMRS The article is about preventing infection through hand washing. It discusses the importance of hand washing, solutions for antibiotic-resistant organisms, lists strategies for effective hand hygiene and provides an overview of CDC recommendations for hand washing. The CDC has identified that hand washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection (Garner & Favero, 1986). The article states that prevention and control of infectious activities are designed to limit the spread of infection and provide a safe environment for all patients, regardless of the setting (Stucke). At the Global
Health & Safety at Work Module | | | By Brian Finn | | | Comprehensive Plan and Aims/objectives of survey. Plan The plan is to observe five members of the public washing their hands in a hospital Aims To observe peoples hand washing techniques to see if people are washing their hands correctly. Objectives By the end of the assignment the reader will be able to discuss the importance of hand washing, describe the risk of infection to patients and explain the importance of eliminating cross infection. Sufficient documentation/background information Hand washing is important to stop the spread of infection (see fig 1). On our hands we have normal bacterial skin flora which is found deep in the skins layer and under fingernails.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FORM NCQA Quality Improvement Activity Form (an electronic version is available on NCQA's Web site) Activity Name: Increasing Hand Hygiene Compliance In A Critical Care Setting Section I: Activity Selection and Methodology A. Rationale. Use objective information (data) to explain your rationale for why this activity is important to members or practitioners and why there is an opportunity for improvement. There is evidence that shows that hand hygiene is the single most important measure that is used in order to prevent the spread of infectious organisms that cause various hospital-acquired infections. Even after multiple techniques that been implemented, such as, hand hygiene posters above sinks, there is non-compliance in hand hygiene by medical professionals.
Hand washing is one of the most important ways of reducing and controlling the spread of infections. (Storr 2004). Good hand washing is the first line of defence against the spread. Hand washing is to remove pathogenic microorganisms. Transient microorganisms are found on nurse’s hand which unfortunately is the source of HAI; fortunately they can be removed when the nurses wash their hands.
Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections. 1. Explain employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection To make sure that their own health and hygiene not pose a risk to service users and colleagues To make sure effective hand washing is carried out when working with service users, giving personal care, handling/preparing food. To make sure they use protective clothing provided when needed and appropriate. 2.
• Training • Implementation of cleaning schedules • Personal hygiene • Inspection of deliveries • Pest control • Record keeping • Written records The Main Points of Policies and Procedures: To ensure that procedures, records of forms and communications are maintained in the home to ensure legislative compliance and support the Health and Safety. The Main Health & Safety Responsibilities Of: A) The Social Care Worker - responsible for ensuring that they work in a safe way, following Health and Safety guidelines and reporting hazards to the Manager. Failure by an employee to comply with the requirements may be treated as an act of indiscipline and may remove liability form the proprietor in the event of an accident. The Social Care Worker must be aware of potential hazards and that they recognise them for what they are in order that action can be taken to avoid
This will help you to correctly lift, load, push, pull, carrying, moving materials or people. Control of substances hazardous to health; is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. It is to reduce exposure to hazardous substances by; Finding out what the health hazards are What protective clothing can be used Deciding how to prevent harm to health by a risk assessment Where to store and how to store the substances Providing information, instruction and training
Research Integration WGU Evidence-Based Practice & Applied Nursing Research EBT1 - 724.8.3-01-05 July 18, 2013 Research Integration Types/Appropriateness/Classification of Sources of Evidence The article for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Family Physician regarding the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media (AOM) is considered to be a filtered resource classified as evidence based guideline. The recommendations establish guidelines of the definition, assessment and management of AOM based on research literature from experts making it appropriate to use in a nursing practice situation. The second article from Block, Causative Pathogens, Antibiotic Resistance and Therapeutic Considerations in
Critique to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Name of Student Institution of Affiliation Critique to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Evidence-based Practice (EBP) is a study aimed at finding the effectiveness of the design-models put in place through the incorporation of information obtained from patients and clinicians (Levin, Fineout-Overholt, Melnyk, Barness & Vetter, 2011, p.22). EBP is important because it offers an insight into the effectiveness of the models put in place in the healthcare system, their effectiveness while at the same time reducing the costs. EBP can be thought of as a practice aimed at empowering the medical practitioners while at the same time ensuring that patients get the best health care at a reduced cost (Levin at al., 2011, p.21). EBP is a systematic research review whose impact will continue to benefit both the patients and nurses in the medical healthcare setting. According to Levin et al.
By maintaining a sterile environment the risk for cross spread of diseases is limited. Hand hygiene should be maintained by staff to minimise micro-organisms infecting the wound. The patient should also maintain their hand hygiene to reduce the spread of micro-organism from the gastrointestinal track. Client education can reduce further complications by awareness into healing impairments such as smoking and poor diet choices. Certain nutrients are needed in the healing process such as vitamin c, zinc and protein.