Hand Hygiene Nursing Safety Goals
Introduction
The dirtiest thing you own maybe your cell phone. Imagine what touches your phone the most, probably your hands and face. Since cell phones are everywhere and have become one of the most helpful tools of our generation, they have their drawbacks. The use of cell phones happens everywhere today, one place being the hospital. From a study of phones and spreading of bacteria associated with health care associated infections, Karabay states, “Our study reveals that mobile phones may get contaminated by bacteria (such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae), which cause hospital infections, and may serve as a vehicle for the spread of nosocomial pathogens” (Karabay, 2007). Touching contaminated surfaces or objects such as a cell phone can pass and spread infection to immune-compromised patients. In order to combat the spread and break the chain of infection, the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals on hand hygiene suggests better hand washing practices to reduce the transmission of infectious agents.
Summarize the purpose of Joint Commission’s Safety goals
The Joint Commission’s safety goals are to improve standards and safety toward the quality of patient care that exists in hospitals and health care organizations. While surveying hospitals unannounced, the Joint Commission evaluates health care settings to see if their standards are met and evaluate what issues need to be discussed. The purpose of the National Patient Safety goals is improve patient safety while trying to promote new methods in order to eliminate the problematic areas that are present in patient care settings. Evidence based research and solutions recommended by the Joint Commission provide education to eliminate problematic areas. These goals need to be met in order to improve patient safety while increasing compliance deficiencies in hospitals.
Select one goal and discuss in depth
An important goal that prevents infections is
The dirtiest thing you own maybe your cell phone. Imagine what touches your phone the most, probably your hands and face. Since cell phones are everywhere and have become one of the most helpful tools of our generation, they have their drawbacks. The use of cell phones happens everywhere today, one place being the hospital. From a study of phones and spreading of bacteria associated with health care associated infections, Karabay states, “Our study reveals that mobile phones may get contaminated by bacteria (such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae), which cause hospital infections, and may serve as a vehicle for the spread of nosocomial pathogens” (Karabay, 2007). Touching contaminated surfaces or objects such as a cell phone can pass and spread infection to immune-compromised patients. In order to combat the spread and break the chain of infection, the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals on hand hygiene suggests better hand washing practices to reduce the transmission of infectious agents.
Summarize the purpose of Joint Commission’s Safety goals
The Joint Commission’s safety goals are to improve standards and safety toward the quality of patient care that exists in hospitals and health care organizations. While surveying hospitals unannounced, the Joint Commission evaluates health care settings to see if their standards are met and evaluate what issues need to be discussed. The purpose of the National Patient Safety goals is improve patient safety while trying to promote new methods in order to eliminate the problematic areas that are present in patient care settings. Evidence based research and solutions recommended by the Joint Commission provide education to eliminate problematic areas. These goals need to be met in order to improve patient safety while increasing compliance deficiencies in hospitals.
Select one goal and discuss in depth
An important goal that prevents infections is
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