NUR 302 Nursing
Question:
Answer:
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) is frequently occurring incidents under the hospital settings which hampers the health and well-being of the patients by hampering the overall process of disease progression (Lewis et al., 2013). It also increases the overall length of hospital stay and cost of the treatment. The tendency of the hospital acquired infection is mostly common among the groups of patients who are either immune-compromised or are admitted in hospital with issues like respiratory tract infection, skin infection, wound care and acute stroke. The common mode of hospital-acquired infection is urinary tract infection caused by the Clostridium difficule, infection of the skin or respiratory tract by the methiciline resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Lewis et al., 2013).
Rational of the topic
The rationale of the topic under the context of healthcare and the healthcare professionals is not limited to the increase in the cost of care of the infections and increase in the length of hospital stay. According to Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015), healthcare professionals play an important role behind the rate of occurrence of hospital acquired infection. Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) stated that contact contamination is the main source behind the spread of the noscomial infection of HAIs among the patients. This contact contamination arise from the touch of the contaminate hands, improper disposal of the microbes infected materials like clothes, cottons and bandages, lack of proper sterilization of the hospital equipments like the operational tools and lack of proper space or setup in the hospital in order to keep the infection prone patients under isolated condition. In relation to HAIs, Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) highlighted that the contact contamination coming from the infected or unsterilized hands of the nursing professionals are the same source of the hospital-acquired infection. Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) stated that proper observance of the hand sanitization or hand hygiene protocol helps in reduction of the hospital acquired infection. Allegranzi et al. (2013) stated that observance of WHOs six steps of hand hygiene protocol by the nursing professionals helps in the reduction of the HAIs. This hand hygiene protocol mainly involves the use of hand sanitization like alcohol hand rub both before and after touching the patients.
Research problem
However, Jansson et al. (2013) highlighted that there is lack of proper knowledge and awareness among the nursing professionals towards observance of hand hygiene. This lack of knowledge leads to an unwanted spread of the HAIs. Jansson et al. (2013) recommended that proper training of the nursing professionals and education about the importance of hand hygiene will help to increase the observance of hand hygiene protocol.
References
Allegranzi, B., Gayet-Ageron, A., Damani, N., Bengaly, L., McLaws, M. L., Moro, M. L., … & Donaldson, L. (2013). Global implementation of WHO’s multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study. The Lancet infectious diseases, 13(10), 843-851.
Jansson, M., Ala-Kokko, T., Ylipalosaari, P., Syrjälä, H., & Kyngäs, H. (2013). Critical care nurses’ knowledge of, adherence to and barriers towards evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia–A survey study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 29(4), 216-227.
Khan, H. A., Ahmad, A., & Mehboob, R. (2015). Nosocomial infections and their control strategies. Asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, 5(7), 509-514.
Lewis, S. S., Moehring, R. W., Chen, L. F., Sexton, D. J., & Anderson, D. J. (2013). Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 34(11), 1229-1230.
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