Ways to improve compliance with PPE can be simple. One of the easiest ways to ensure use of PPE for health care workers is simply to have it readily available. Jain found that the use of PPE significantly increased when PPE was readily available to use (2013). Due to staff usually spending more time in isolation rooms, having them search for the appropriate PPE adds even more time and stress to the worker, potentially leading to compliance fatigue (Dhar, 2014). When nurses expierence compliance fatigue they may decide to completely forgo wearing PPE due to being frustrated when they cannot locate supplies. To combat this, patients in isolation should have all PPE needed readily available near their room, (such as in a box on their door, or cart next to their room) furthermore, the room should be adequately stocked with supplies so that the staff member do not need to frequently leave the room to gather supplies.
To implement this change, Lewin’s model for change would be used. This theory would be used because this is a simple change. The “unfreezing” would occur by educating staff of the new location of supplies for isolation equipment and PPE. Then, “moving” would occur when staff accepted the new change, and also gave their own ideas such as what equipment should all be stocked, and where the supplies will …show more content…
With easier access to equipment, compliance should increase, thus decreasing the risk for nosocomial infections. Negative forces can be that the patient is still in isolation, although supplies are readily available nurses must still gown/glove/wash hands, and take off all equipment when leaving the room and wash their hands again. This is still going to cause nurses to spend a good amount of time in an isolation room, although the time may be slightly
To implement this change, Lewin’s model for change would be used. This theory would be used because this is a simple change. The “unfreezing” would occur by educating staff of the new location of supplies for isolation equipment and PPE. Then, “moving” would occur when staff accepted the new change, and also gave their own ideas such as what equipment should all be stocked, and where the supplies will …show more content…
With easier access to equipment, compliance should increase, thus decreasing the risk for nosocomial infections. Negative forces can be that the patient is still in isolation, although supplies are readily available nurses must still gown/glove/wash hands, and take off all equipment when leaving the room and wash their hands again. This is still going to cause nurses to spend a good amount of time in an isolation room, although the time may be slightly