Introduction The article Infection Control in Home Care was given by Emily Rhinehart in April 2001. This article is about the home care and infection control in the United States of America. This article stated that, in the past decades, the scope and intensity of home care have increased, whereas the strategies and prevention solutions of infection surveillance and control efforts have fallen behind (Rhinehart, 2001). Lack of applicable and consistent methods for surveillance and acute-care practices of prevention are needed to control infections. The article provides an understanding about the appropriate strategy and need of training to assess the infectious disease and their risk. In addition, the author has also stated the development of prevention strategies (Rhinehart, 2001). Research Question/Problem This research study is based on a particular problem effective control measurement for home care. The researcher has developed some research questions to conduct the research study effectively. The research questions are as followed: How can we provide high-tech home care to the patience? What are strategies to Infection Surveillance, Prevention, and Control in Home Care? Theoretical/conceptual Foundation The theoretical and conceptual foundation of the journal article was based on appropriate and sound academic literatures and concepts. Emily Rhinehart, the author of this journal article has evaluated many literatures and concept to answer the research questions. The researcher has identified that 9655 agencies in the USA, serve home care to the patients collected data. The researcher gathered this data through the basic statistic about home care, association for home care, 1999 (Rhinehart, 2001). The researche... ... middle of paper ... ...s. Thus, the researcher wants to say that, in order to accomplish the study in the future, evaluation of new studies and practices is essential. References Emori, T.G., Culver, D., Horan, T. (1991). National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS): Description of surveillance methods. Am J Infect Control, 19(259-67). Garner, J., Jarvis, W.R., Emori, T.G., Horan, T., Hughes, J. (1988). CDC definitions for nosocomial infections. Am J Infect Control, 16, 28-40. Luehm, D., Fauerbach, L. (1999). Task force studies infection rates, surgical site management and Foley catheter infections. Caring, 18 (30-4). Rhinehart, E. (2001, March-April). Infection Control in Home Care. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 7(2). Woomer, N., Long, C., Anderson, C.O., Greenberg, E.A. (1999). Benchmarking in home health care: a collaborative approach. Caring, 18(22-8).
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The quality of the home care must meet the essentials of the patients or service seekers. But it never means to fulfil the basic needs or requirements of the individuals who are seeking the service. On the other hand, if the home care is not able to meet the basic needs of the patients then this is important to analyse the certain reasons behind this (Janamian, et. al., 2014).
Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) has become to be classified as one among the leading infections which most individuals end up being susceptible to acquire while at the hospital. Healthcare-associated or acquired infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of illness, death, and more often than not, have resulted to cost the tax payers potentially high medical expenses in most health care settings. ("Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality," para. 1) Due to this, 1 out of every 20 patients will end up with CAUTI within the US hospitals and this has caused Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) to embark on nationwide plans to help in the eradication and control of CAUTI incidences. ("Agency
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“The CDC is the primary developer of national infection control and prevention guidelines, often in collaboration with its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which is responsible for research and dissemination of the latest information for preventing disease transmission” (Griffis, 2013, p. 175). Infection control will continue to be a topic of discussion as long as germ transmission is still happening. Among these studies is the concern the frequent nonadherence to contact precautions is a huge issue that many studies are still very concerned about (Jessee & Mion, 2013, p. 966). The writer is also concerned with the blatant disregard for hand hygiene that appears to be happening in the medical field. What about what is best for the patient. Do the people that do not use proper hand hygiene not understand how important it
Direct legal issues that result in inadequate infection-control practices, medical costs of healthcare-associated infections and the amount of deaths that have occurred due to these preventable infections are the main targeted issues that will focus on this project. Reporting requirements of HAIs vary from state to state, provider, facility, frequency, and type of infection. Due to this, there is inconsistency in the methods of data collected, risk management, data validation, and the requirement or reporting HAIs. The legal requirements and statutes that mandate disclosure of errors need to be addressed in order to reduce and prevent HAIs. In addition, the discussion of legal duties and responsibilities of the care providers, facilities and patients are discussed.
This literature review will analyze and critically explore four studies that have been conducted on hand hygiene compliance rates by Healthcare workers (HCWs). Firstly, it will look at compliance rates for HCWs in the intensive care units (ICU) and then explore the different factors that contribute to low hand hygiene compliance. Hospital Acquired infections (HAI) or Nosocomial Infections appear worldwide, affecting both developed and poor countries. HAIs represent a major source of morbidity and mortality, especially for patients in the ICU (Hugonnet, Perneger, & Pittet, 2002). Hand hygiene can be defined as any method that destroys or removes microorganisms on hands (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). According to the World Health Organization (2002), a HAI can be defined as an infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other health care facility in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission. The hands of HCWs transmit majority of the endemic infections. As
...rs. This paper was just to give an overview of things that need to be looked for when deciding. Hopefully, one day we will find a new way to be able to provide the best care with the smallest expense, so no one will have to compromise with the health of elder loved ones because they cannot afford long- term care.
...s and measurement to decrease healthcare- associated infections. American Journal Of Infection Control, pp. S19-S25. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.008.
"Who does a son turn to, when his 78 year-old mother, newly admitted to a nursing home’s rehab unit, is experiencing delusions and screams through the night? Or where does a daughter turn to for help when she notices a rapid decline in her mother’s health and her mother refuses to seek medical care? Or the gentleman who believes it is time to a continuing care retirement community, but has no one to advise him on the myriad of financial and lifestyle implications of such a move? (Lederman, 2012)." Within in the field of home health care, ecological system creates an outline for defining what it means to provide quality care to the elderly.
This article overall purpose is to inform the importance of knowledge and practice of effective hand hygiene and hand care to prevent or reduce cross-contamination from healthcare personnel to patients (HCP). As the article’s author expressed at the introduction “ Healthcare-acquired infections are a major source of illness and death in hospitalized patients, and approximately 20%-40% of these infections are a result of cross-infection via the hands of healthcare personnel” (Eve Cuny 1)
Avoiding infection or, at least, breaking the chain of transmission is vital in any setting, but more so in healthcare environments where infections and vulnerable hosts are moving under the same roof. What needs to be done, then?
The first category is health perception and health management. This pattern is related to the client’s view of health and well-being. This also includes the client’s knowledge of lifestyle, preventative health practices, and the client’s adherence to medical advice. The data collected is focused on the client’s perceived level of well-being and focuses on maintaining health. Smoking, alcohol use, recreational drug use, and other habits that are detrimental to the client’s health are also included in this category. This category also focuses on the client’s safety and health management in the home that may need modifications or for continued care in the home. An example of a sub category for this patter is risk-prone health behavior. This would include the client’s use of tobacco product, drugs, or alcohol (Koshar, N.D.). A question the nurse might ask is “On average, how many alcoholic beverages do you drink per day?” One nursing intervention for this would be for the nur...