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.
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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
Decreasing Infection Rates with Chlorhexidine Baths in Intensive Care Units
Nursing Essays
Decreasing Infection Rates with Chlorhexidine Baths in Intensive Care Units Abstract Clinical Problem: Patients in intensive care units are very ill and susceptible to infection. Patients in intensive...
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Critical Evaluation of Adverse Events in the Acute Environment
Nursing Essays
The aim of this essay is the critical evaluation of adverse events in the acute environment. Adverse event (AE) can be defined as an unattended and harmful effect which is caused by healthcare managem...
Last modified: 7th May 2020
The Background And Significance Of MRSA Infection
Nursing Essays
Infection disease acquired in hospitals have changed during the past decades, Gram-negative pathogens were predominantly responsible. However serious infections were brought under control with the di...
Last modified: 11th Feb 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
Sterilization Hospitals Disinfection Not Enough Health And Social Care Essay
Nursing Essays
Hospitalisation of sick people increases the risk of transmission of nosocomial infections from one person to another (Goering et al., 2008). These healthcare associated infections (HAI) are endemic w...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
Nursing Essays
Introduction Clinical governance is important for providing safe care to patients and is essential to continuous improvement in patient safety.(vicgov) One of the key components in relation to this s...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
