The Importance Of Infection Elimination Solutions

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

Due to research such as this, the nurse believed that an Aquacel dressing would assist in fighting the patient’s infection and aid in overall wound healing. This was confirmed by the attending primary care physician, who affirmed the usage of the silver based dressing.

Not Washing hands frequently especially after dealing with any bodily fluids. Staff not staying at home if they are sick. Use a tissue, or cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand. Turn away from other people. Open wounds not being covered especially on the hands. The incorrect use of PPE or the none use of PPE. Sharing personal items between each other. Incorrect food prep and storage.

Although infection control is vital in patient care, another important safety measure includes using the best available products to the facility. The use of optimal catheter care products is important when providing the best care to the pediatric population. Antibiotic or ethanol locks provide a decreased risk of infection, as opposed to the traditional locks found in use in some facilities.

My new role as an adult/gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP), will be part of team that provides care for Long-term acute care LTAC, Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), or Rehabilitation hospital. After gaining considerable experience, my focus in future will be working in home healthcare and primary care clinics. My scenario will involve an organization that provides innovative, collaborative, health care team for one hundred bed LTAC Hospital. Working as an LTAC registered nurse, I noted that, despite the variety of diagnosis, majority of patients’ presents to LTAC hospital have wounds that require complex wound care management. The wounds can range from pressure ulcers to non-healing illness/injury wounds such as diabetic foot ulcer, venous leg ulcers, and post-surgical wounds among others. For this assignment, my scenario will focus on the role of Nurse Practitioner (NP) on skin care and wound managements.

One hundred fifty-seven thousand, five hundred – according to Infection Prevention Consultant Victoria Russo, 157,500 is the estimated number of hospital-associated, surgical site infections (SSIs) that occur annually (2017). Why does it matter? Shockingly, the number of deaths linked to SSIs annually is estimated to be around 8,205 (Russo, 2017). This means, on average, 5% of the individuals plagued by an SSI will pass away due to complications related to the acquired infection. With statistics like these, it’s hard to ignore the fact that surgical site infections are a significant problem in healthcare.

It all began with Joseph Lister a pioneer in antiseptic surgical approaches introduced new principles of cleanliness which transformed surgical practice in the late 1800s. We take it for granted that a surgeon will guard a patient 's safety by using aseptic methods. But this was not always the case, and until Lister introduced sterile surgery, a patient could undergo a procedure successfully only to die from a postoperative infection known as ‘ward fever’. Lister read about the experiments in fermentation conducted by French chemist Louis Pasteur and conducted his own experiments to conclude that micro-organisms were responsible for the infections in patients. He set about trying to find an effective method of eliminating the micro-organisms by exposing them to strong chemicals. After extensive experimentation, he found an effective antiseptic in carbolic acid. He treated the surgical instruments and wounds of patients with the chemical and discovered that when the solution was swabbed on

Wound cleansing has been discussed about for many years, different solutions and techniques have been discussed to use, and it is an important part of preventing infection. Wound cleansing is described as the use of fluids to remove debris and dead tissue from the surface of the wound. The purpose of wound cleansing is to make the best possible conditions at the wound site, for uncomplicated wound healing. The most commonly used solution would be normal saline due to being an isotonic solution and it does not disrupt with normal healing process of wounds (Ljubic, 2013). Normal saline has just been

This article did support the question of interest of using tap water compared to other cleansing products in the beneficial effects of wound care. My question was to look at the cost effectiveness and the rate of infection when comparing the two. This article looked at various different cleaning methods, including tap water and derived a probable outcome based on their findings, which supported the clinical

Similarly, in a literature report, bacterial cellulose-collagen hydrogels act as a barrier against microbes and provide moisture (Moraes et al., 2016). It was also found that NCs wound dressings could be easily removed from wounds without causing any disruption in the healing process. Similarly, bacterial cellulose-vaccarin membranes have also been reported to better retain the wound fluid beneficial for enhancing healing in rats (Qui et al., 2016).

In my present role of in-patient transplant coordinator, I round with the transplant surgical team daily. The interdisciplinary team is aggressively looking for opportunities to minimizing opportunistic infections for example: de-escalating antibiotics, removing bladder catheters, as well as removing central lines. If the patient is a hard stick, a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is placed. A study by Rutkoff, (2014) mentioned that an integration of antimicrobial PICCs into the current infection prevention practices should be practiced for reduction central line associated blood stream infections.

In clinical practice, honey dressings are often used for the management of chronic wounds. National Institute for Clinical Excellence [NICE], (2016) provides a summary of evidence to suggest that there is little good quality evidence to suggest that honey, among other advanced antimicrobial dressings, is the best option for chronic wound management despite its frequent usage.

Wound infections are a common type of infections that may contribute to longer hospital stay. Most of these

Preventing surgical site infection (SSI) is paramount for healthcare professionals. If there is an increasing rate of surgical infections in hospitals, the medical cost to take care of the patient would increase beyond the average rate of care for that patient. Patients who have clean or contaminated surgery are susceptible of contracting infection if the wound is not protected from harmful organisms that may be present on the skin during or after the surgical procedure. As such, the quality of patient care for controlling after surgery infection is the concern of surgeons, practitioners, healthcare planners, and the public. Preoperative and postoperative interventions are important considerations for healthcare

Infection control awareness was raised to inform the staff the important strategies used to prevent infection and how to prevent it. And also to make sure staff are abiding to hospital policies and procedure. I had conference meeting with Director of infection control nurse and infection control nurse.