Evidence-Based Infection: A Case Study

Following infection control policies and procedures. These will reduce the threat of cross infection and reduce staff absences through sickness.

1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection

To introduce the learner to national and local policies in relation to infection control; to explain employer and employee responsibilities in this area; to understand how procedures and risk assessment can help minimise the risk of an outbreak of infection. Learners will also gain an understanding of how to use PPE correctly and gain an understanding of the importance of good personal hygiene. Credit Level 3 2 Assessment criteria The learner can: 1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection 1.2 Explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control infection 2 Understand legislation and

1. Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection.

1.1 Explain the employees roles and responsibilities’ in relation to the prevention and control of infection

Choose a nursing problem from your current practice setting, and identify a possible solution to that problem.

It is preventing or protecting anybody from infection, service users individuals, staff. Knowledge has to be given to everyone in workplace about infections and how it could be as simple as regular hand wash after dealing with people, using gloves and aprons regularly, making sure all equipment that needs sterilizing are sterilised promptly and the environment is sanitised and properly cleaned Control Control policies are measures put in place when incidents occur or when somebody is identified with infectious disease. It has to be documented. The manager takes necessary steps to what to do to stop or minimize the spread of the disease. 3.

M1: Explain how to manage an outbreak of infection in health or social care setting

Evidence based practise is the integration of clinical expertise, patient preferences and the best research into the decision making process for patient care (Porter O Grady, 2010). (Sakett) The Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC). code of conduct implores nurses and midwives alike, to practice in line with the best available evidence, to ensure clinical treatment is administered based on up to date knowledge and are consistent with tried and tested methods. This is to ensure patient safety as well as the practitioners. (NMC, 2015).

Hand washing is said to be one of the best ways to prevent the spread of bacteria. Hand sanitizers are made up from an alcohol based compound that prevents the spread of bacteria. In addition, we clean surfaces with wipes that disinfect and or soapy water (cutting boards especially). Us, humans, also take several antibiotics if ill with any type of infection. We also wash ourselves and even food to get rid of the bacteria.

Healthcare-associated infection requires both a change in behavior and in the organization’s culture. It should be kept in mind the the goal of a culture of safety is to reduce harm to the patients and to provide the best care to the patient. It is important that we understand why certain skills and safety measures are put into place such as washing your hands before and after each patient or encountering any soil substances. Most of the healthcare-associated infections are not done intended. Unintended consequences occur due to lack of verbal, written, or any other form of communication. Also at times the realization that something was not done correctly is kept quite due to fear of the consequences. That is why now “The Institute of Medicine” has been trying to implement that the facilities try to address situations by seeing where the error occur and trying to prevent it from happening again instead of pointing the finger and trying to blame someone (Barnsteiner, 2011).

Controlling spread of infection is the key for the individual or the health care provider and washing hands is the first step. Hand washing is the most single most important strategy for preventing infection transmission. HAIs are the most common complication of hospital care. However, recent studies suggest that implementing existing prevention practices can lead to up to a 70 percent reduction in certain HAIs. The financial benefit of using these prevention practices is estimated to be $25.0 billion to $31.5 billion in medical cost savings (Healthypeople.gov 2020).

In medical care, institutional procedures and policies for monitoring and attempting to control the transmission of communicable diseases. This includes establishing mandatory sanitation, steriliza-tion, hand hygiene, and isolation procedures.

Known infectious diseases are result from exposure to microbes (bacteria, virus, fungi) that are not naturally present in the body either directly or indirectly, in many ways including: breathing, urine, animals. Where to enter the body through the skin or mouth and sexual organ. According to (Shetly.N,Tany.W,and Andrews.J,2009) infection disease defined " an illness due to specific infectious agent or its toxic product that arises through transmission of that agent". Hygiene practice became widespread in communities and between individuals, causing it to reduce the spread and suffering from infectious diseases, which can be described personal hygiene as " The principle of maintaining cleanliness and grooming of the external body"(Johnson.J,2014)The second thing that contributed to the eradication of infectious diseases is to use health promote approach which means "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health".( World Health Organization's , 2005) Infectious diseases still pose a major threat to the world, and here focus on the diarrhea disease as one of the most infection disease that can result from poor hygiene.

The CDC has resources that set up a plan for preventing and controlling emerging diseases. Prevention and control of communicable diseases is focused on elimination, eradication. Also, primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions and their role in prevention and control of communicable diseases is important to know. Teaching about immunizations when discharging a child from a hospital admission is an example of primary prevention.