The fight against Hospital Associated Infections
Healthcare associated infections (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections is defined by the World Health Organization as infections that occurs on patients while they are receiving care in health care facilities such as hospital or clinics which was no present or incubating at their time of admission (Tan & Olivo, 2015, p. 108). The problem with HAI is that increases the morbidity and mortality of patients to a yearly projection of 1.7 million infections and approximately 100,000 deaths, it also increases patient’s antibiotic resistance and it increases the costs associated with healthcare (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2015). Preventing HAI require both change in staff …show more content…
31). When healthcare teams work together with a goal of preventing and eliminating possible HAI, the results is outstanding, infection rates drop drastically and thousands of lives are saved (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2015). The characters in the Partnering to Heal Video had a choice to display teamwork, depending of the choices made they could have either had positive or negatives outcomes. They characters show that everyone has their own personal problems and work related duties and stress, however they all work together in order to decrease HAI. Accountability for their actions were displayed at every level of care, for example Dr. Green had to get on board with the Infection Control director in order to address HAI, once he did the whole care team followed him, and thus everyone got on board, and the patients benefited as the infection rates …show more content…
Physician Nathan Green, the Director a hospital post-op unit, had a meeting with the Director of Infection Control, they discussed HAI and how to create a plan to prevent them. Dr. Green being a leader decided to take action and involve the nurse manager to help identify people who would like to participate in a team to achieve a zero percent HAI, shortly staff came on board, and took ownership of the issue, with the support of his staff they improve safety measures, and his good intention resulted into tangible results, the unit achieved to have zero percentage HAI for their third quarterly
Healthcare associated infections (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections is defined by the World Health Organization as infections that occurs on patients while they are receiving care in health care facilities such as hospital or clinics which was no present or incubating at their time of admission (Tan & Olivo, 2015, p. 108). The problem with HAI is that increases the morbidity and mortality of patients to a yearly projection of 1.7 million infections and approximately 100,000 deaths, it also increases patient’s antibiotic resistance and it increases the costs associated with healthcare (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2015). Preventing HAI require both change in staff …show more content…
31). When healthcare teams work together with a goal of preventing and eliminating possible HAI, the results is outstanding, infection rates drop drastically and thousands of lives are saved (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2015). The characters in the Partnering to Heal Video had a choice to display teamwork, depending of the choices made they could have either had positive or negatives outcomes. They characters show that everyone has their own personal problems and work related duties and stress, however they all work together in order to decrease HAI. Accountability for their actions were displayed at every level of care, for example Dr. Green had to get on board with the Infection Control director in order to address HAI, once he did the whole care team followed him, and thus everyone got on board, and the patients benefited as the infection rates …show more content…
Physician Nathan Green, the Director a hospital post-op unit, had a meeting with the Director of Infection Control, they discussed HAI and how to create a plan to prevent them. Dr. Green being a leader decided to take action and involve the nurse manager to help identify people who would like to participate in a team to achieve a zero percent HAI, shortly staff came on board, and took ownership of the issue, with the support of his staff they improve safety measures, and his good intention resulted into tangible results, the unit achieved to have zero percentage HAI for their third quarterly