Tag: Hand Hygiene

Knowledge and Skills Hand Hygiene: Reflective Essay
4th Jun 2020
Introduction: Knowledge and Skills Hand Hygiene Reflective Essay This is a reflective essay based on personal experience of hand washing and hand hygiene practices in clinical practice. It focuses on the most recen...

Factors for Infection Prevention and Control
11th May 2020
Introduction: INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL INTRODUCTION In this assignment I will explain what Infection prevention and control is, describe the infection prevention controls in my workplace, describe the corre...

How is the effectiveness of hand hygiene policy measured?
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How is the effectiveness of the hand hygiene policy measured other than the use of audits? Answer In medical literature, there have been several attempts to measure the effectiveness of hand ...

How does hand hygiene policy impact quality of care to patients
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How does hand hygiene policy impact quality of care to patients? Answer Hand hygiene is vitally important in preventing the spread of infections, both to patients and to healthcare workers th...

National/international hand hygiene policy
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question Why do you need a hand hygiene policy in a trust and how can a national/international hand hygiene policy affect it? Answer It is vital to have a hand hygiene policy in a trust because, accor...

Protecting vulnerable patients from MRSA found in supermarket pork
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question What can nurses do to protect vulnerable patients from Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) found in supermarket pork? Answer An article in ‘i’, newspaper, recently, stated ...

Utilising evidence based care-hand hygiene
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Utilising Evidence Based Care- Hand Hygiene The author chose hand hygiene due to its frequency of use and importance in nursing practice. An intensive care nurse can wash their hands up to 40 times an...

Handwashing Practices among Health Workers
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: BACKGROUND Hand washing or hand hygiene is the process of cleaning one’s hands with or without the use of water or another liquid, or with the use of soap for the purpose of removing soil, dir...

Hand Washing in Disease Prevention
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The most frequent way of germ spreading is by people’s hands. Most of the times germs are harmless but sometimes they can also be reason for illnesses like flu, cold and gastroenteriti...

Importance of Good Hand Washing
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Dorvil Hand Hygiene Hospital acquired infection is a major issue and it can affect the quality of life for any one (Marije, Marlies, Martin, Michel, and Richard, 2007). It is very important that he...

Factors Affecting Hand Washing Compliance
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Factors Affecting the Compliance of Hand Washing Among Healthcare Workers in a Long-term Care Facility in Los Angeles, California Noela Gadingan Samantha Tweeten, PhD   Healthcare workers deal wit...

Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 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...

Evidence Based Care: Hand Hygiene
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Utilising Evidence Based Care This essay endeavours to investigate hand hygiene, and feel I need to gain more knowledge in this field by utilising the available evidence effectively. I also intend to ...