Tag: HAIs

Patient’s admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are critically compromised and have higher risk of Healthcare Associate Infections (HAIs). HAIs can affect length of stay (LOS), increase rate of mortality and directly affect patient outcome.

HAIs

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Reducing the risk or development of HAIs of Critical Care ICU patients

Nursing Literature Reviews

Clinical Problem: Patient’s admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are critically compromised and have higher risk of Healthcare Associate Infections (HAIs)....

Last modified: 22nd Oct 2020

Infection Control Practices in Nursing Homes

Nursing Essays

Introduction Literature review on the infection control practices in the Nursing Homes most particularly in the United Kingdom. It is well known that the elderly population has a substantially increas...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Nursing Essays

Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Implementing a Two-Nurse Insertion Protocol Abstract Background: Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) ...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Critical Review of Infection Control Precautions for Patients after Elective Surgery

Nursing Essays

1.0-       Terms of Reference The aim of this report is to debate the effectiveness of interprofessional standards of infection control precaution for pat...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020

Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing on SSIs and HAIs

Nursing Essays

A Limited Integrated Literature Review Abstract Patient safety and infection control are two aspects in healthcare that are compromised when a surgical site infection or a hospi...

Last modified: 11th Feb 2020