Case Study: Hospital Acquired Infections
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
- R. Howard, R. Lata, T. Tennekoon, R. Mirza & K.Yang
Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland, July-December 200814
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Introduction
Hospital acquired infections, (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission, 30 days of an operation, or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16. They can cause significant mortality, morbidity, health care costs, and potential legal liability. The infections lengthen patients’ stay in hospitals and often significantly delay their return to previous recreational and occupational activities. …show more content…
• Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship program.
• Maintaining a clean environment.
• Providing to patients consumer specific information on nosocomial infections.
Implications and recommendations for research
• Need to make hospital acquired infections a priority research issue.
• Need to examine the effectiveness of current policy guidelines on prevention and control
• Need to make prevention and control to be everyone’s business.
• Ongoing surveillance will allow effectiveness of infection control measures.12
• Proper gowning and disposable of PPE.9
• Isolate infected people- confine people into a defined area within the health care setting .2
| |Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia |Surgical-site infections |
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- R. Howard, R. Lata, T. Tennekoon, R. Mirza & K.Yang
Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland, July-December 200814
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Introduction
Hospital acquired infections, (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission, 30 days of an operation, or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16. They can cause significant mortality, morbidity, health care costs, and potential legal liability. The infections lengthen patients’ stay in hospitals and often significantly delay their return to previous recreational and occupational activities. …show more content…
• Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship program.
• Maintaining a clean environment.
• Providing to patients consumer specific information on nosocomial infections.
Implications and recommendations for research
• Need to make hospital acquired infections a priority research issue.
• Need to examine the effectiveness of current policy guidelines on prevention and control
• Need to make prevention and control to be everyone’s business.
• Ongoing surveillance will allow effectiveness of infection control measures.12
• Proper gowning and disposable of PPE.9
• Isolate infected people- confine people into a defined area within the health care setting .2
| |Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia |Surgical-site infections |
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