hospital acquired infection

Hospital Acquired Infections

The objective for this project is for nurses from the ICU and medical-surgical units who attend the educational classes to correctly identify different signs of infection potential in the hospital, and using proper hand hygiene methods by scoring at 95% or higher on the post- tests that will be administered after each training session. The questions will be based on the training session handout titled Importance of Hand Hygiene, which will be given during the training sessions. The test will consist of twenty-five questions. Nine questions will be scale type questions in order to measure participant perceptions about the material, while the other ten questions will require true and false or write in answers.

The committees are experts on infection control prevention with additional educational training on infection control. The criteria they use to classify the result are based on the World Health Organization (WHO) concept of “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene”. Therefore, this information is valid for staff knowledge on the topic at the end of each training session that is followed by a post-test exam. The outcome measure used is reliable for committee to evaluate an employee’s knowledge and understanding on the topic. They survey is another valid instrument the committee will gather information on staff compliance before implementation and after hand washing based on the EBP guideline and practice. A post-test design will be used to assess the program. The post-test evaluation will serve as a measure of reliability because the percent of nursing staff that score 95% or higher will determine how effective the educational program is to the staff, and help determine the knowledge, understanding, an...

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...e both tested for inter-rater reliability, which supports the validity and reliability of the study.

Limitations:

1. Funding and time issues.

2. The number of people involved in the study, because the researchers did not involve evening or night-shift staff in the study.

3. The timing of the posttest study.

4. This study was done in an ICU; there is some question of whether the findings can be generalized to the medical and surgical areas.

Reason for Including for Supporting your Proposed Evidenced-Based Solution This study demonstrated that improved hand hygiene practices have reduced the occurrence of hospital acquired infections and that the best way to help healthcare workers acquire this basic knowledge is to assess their interest in, and comprehension of, the topic and educate them about the topic using the interventional model applied in this study.