A variety of basic actions can be used to prevent and control infections. WHO’s guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes promote the implementation of standard precautions such as: Description: Health care in Sierra Leone crippled in the post-conflict period. A lack of electricity, water and basic supplies used for infection prevention and control made safe deliveries difficult.
At one hospital – the Bo District Hospital – 60% of women who gave birth through caesarian-section got sepsis due to infected wounds. To address these issues, development partners in Sierra Leone that worked on maternal and newborn health shifted the focus of their programs. Boreholes were drilled, water storage facilities were introduced and a generator was supplied to the operating theatre of the Bo District Hospital. Staff was trained in water sanitation and hygiene and wound care. Place:
Bo District Hospital, Sierra Leone. Setting: Maternity unit Finding: Within a period of 3 months, post-caesarian wound sepsis decreased from 60% to 10%. Use of antibiotics decreased dramatically. Within 6 months, more than twice as many women chose to deliver at this maternity unit since their improved services quickly became known to patients. Inclusion of Real-Time Hand Hygiene Observation and Feedback in a Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in Low-Resource SettingsDescription:This prospective quality improvement study evaluated preintervention and postintervention adherence with the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene, as suggested by the WHO. A novel data collection, analysis, and visualization tool called the Hand Hygiene Observation Toolkit (HHOT) was developed to monitor adherence to hand hygiene guidelines among health care workers. Place: Anka General Hospital and Noma Children’s Hospital, Nigeria. Setting: Pediatric and postoperative wards. Finding:Overall hand hygiene adherence increased from 32.4% to 57.4% This suggests that the novel tool used in this study may contribute to comprehensive IPC strategies and strengthening of hand hygiene behavior among all healthcare workers in healthcare facilities in low-resource settings. A selection of resources for basic interventions are found in the table below. In addition, many countries have their own guidelines that are adapted to the local circumstances. Educational materials are collected in RAISE AWARENESS: Education and training. For tools and guidance how to measure the effects of interventions, go to MEASURE. Selected Resources
Which nursing actions will be performed to assist in the prevention of health care associated infections?Proper use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves, masks, gowns), aseptic technique, hand hygiene, and environmental infection control measures are primary methods to protect the patient from transmission of microorganisms from another patient and from the health care worker.
What are the proper nursing actions to treat and prevent infection?Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions. Appropriate hand hygiene.. Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves, gowns, masks, eyewear) whenever infectious material exposure may occur.. Appropriate patient placement and care using transmission-based precautions when indicated.. Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette.. What is the most important action you can take to reduce healthcare associated infections?Proper hand hygiene is the most important, simplest, and least expensive means of reducing the prevalence of HAIs and the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
What can be done to reduce the number of healthcare associated infections?Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections. Hand hygiene.. Maintaining a safe, clean, hygienic hospital environment.. Screening and categorizing patients into cohorts.. Public health surveillance.. Antibiotic stewardship.. Following patient safety guidelines.. |