Health economic evaluation of an infection prevention and control program: Are quality and patient safety programs worth the investment?

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 773-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Raschka ◽  
Linda Dempster ◽  
Elizabeth Bryce
Keyword(s):  
Health Economic ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Health Economic Evaluation ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Quality And Patient Safety ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals A Review the Development of Infection Prevention and Control Program in Nursing Care During Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-386
Author(s):  
Candra Dewi Rahayu ◽  
Diah Fitri Purwaningsih ◽  
Ika Silvitasari
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Inclusive Leadership ◽  
And Control

The hospital is the health service structure that plays the most prominent role with the Covid-19 pandemic.The nursing profession is still required to provide quality nursing care to Covid-19 patients, as well as to other patients so that the provision of nursing care must be in accordance with the procedures and management of patients with infectious diseases accurately and correctly and use Personal Protection Equipment in accordance with standard. Infection prevention and control during the pandemic is very important for patients and health workers to minimize the occurrence of nosocomial infections during hospital care. This review aims to determine the development of infection prevention and control program in the provision of nursing care during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method with a review was carried out by searching for articles related to patient safety in providing Covid-19 nursing care. Literatures search were carried out in December 2020 - January 2021 through PubMed, Sciencedirec, google scholar, government policy then entered the online database list by entering keywords, namely patient safety, nursing care, Covid-19. Selected journals were based on inclusion and exclusion criteria through a critical assessment process with CASP to assess the quality of articles. The results of the critical appraisal obtained six articles that match the inclusion criteria with a minimum appraisal score of 85 in good categories which are then carried out by analysts. The results of the research by reviewing 6 articles show that prevention and control of patients safety in providing nursing care during a pandemic can be developed through nursing care management by using summarized checklists, patient safety-based nursing care service system, infection prevention and control during the pandemic and inclusive leadership. Nursing care management, patient safety, infection prevention and control and an inclusive leadership style are the development methods that can be used for the prevention and control of Covid-19.

scholarly journals Infection prevention and control curriculum in undergraduate nursing program: Internship nursing students’ perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thoraya Abdelaziz ◽  
Rawhia Dogham ◽  
Nermine Elcockany
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Education ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
And Control

Undergraduate nursing education plays a vital role in acquiring the necessary competency for patient safety. Infection prevention and control is a very critical topic for providing patient safety so, undergraduate and graduate nursing students should be competent in infection prevention and control. The aim of this study was to measure the undergraduate nursing program effectiveness in improving knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control of internship nursing students and to identify their learning needs. A descriptive research design was used. Students were selected using convenience sampling which included 400 internship nurses. Data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire. The results of the current study displayed that more than half (59.5%) of the intern nurses had poor knowledge and also 43.2% of them had poor practice.  In addition, it was found that more than half of them reported that infection control program is neither irrelevant nor meaningful, and 48.5% of the students suggested that participation in infection prevention and control training is most important for the improvement of nursing program. This study concluded that infection prevention and control topics in undergraduate nursing education may be insufficient and need to be updated, as well as the need for reviewing the intended learning outcomes of nursing program to ensure the addition and implementation of infection control guidelines in all undergraduate in the last academic year of nursing program as well as internship. The students also are in need for continued training and education regarding guidelines of infection prevention and control practice.

scholarly journals A Retrospective Analysis of Ayurvedic Clinical Management of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Shrivastva ◽  
Harbans Singh ◽  
Sanuj Muralidharan ◽  
Rijin Mohan ◽  
Shikha Chaudhary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Economic ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Recovery Rate ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Clinical Recovery ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
And Control

Background: The COVID-19 virus is a new pathogen that is highly contagious which has made a huge impact on health, economic and societal of our country. Prevention and control of COVID-19 infection focuses on early recognition, immediate isolation and implementation of appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. As of now symptomatic care is given to the patients. This particular retrospective study is done to analyze and understands the outcome of Ayurvedic Interventions in the management of mild symptomatic COVID-19 patients.Objective: To analyze the outcome of Ayurvedic interventions in managing mild symptomatic COVID-19 infected cases Materials and methods: Lab confirmed COVID-19 infected patients admitted at Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and hospital, Chandigarh was treated with Ayurvedic interventions. The data was collected and has been analyzed retrospectively. Data collected was being systematically analyzed and presented using appropriate software (SPSS version 21).Result: The interventions were administered in this particular study were aimed at dissipating the pathogenesis based on Ayurvedic principles of management. Increased clinical recovery rate was observed in major symptoms of COVID-19 i.e. Fever, cough and sore throat. Conclusion: The clinical recovery rate was observed in this study is 94.3% which is comparatively high in reference to current clinical recovery rate i.e. 69.5% in Chandigarh.Ethical Clearance Number: 8-55/2020-CARIRD/TECH/COVID/149 (Dated: 02/07/2020)

scholarly journals Pengembangan Program Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Infeksi COVID-19 dalam Mempertahankan Status Kesehatan pada Tenaga Kesehatan di Rumah Sakit Kota Medan

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Muhammad Taufik Daniel Hasibuan ◽  
Harsudianto Silaen
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Vital Sign ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
And Control

The COVID-19 infection prevention and control program in hospitals is an effort to provide guidance for health workers to stay healthy, safe, productive, and the community gets services that meet standards. Health workers who work in hospitals are very vulnerable to being exposed to  COVID -19, so it is very important that health workers and policy makers understand the basic concepts of infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to develop a program to prevent and control covid-19 infection in maintaining the health status of health workers at the Medan City Hospital. The type of research used is action research. The participants in this study were 14 people consisting of 2 parts, namely 1) Participants for qualitative data were taken from managerial such as medical services, nursing, medical records, infection prevention and control units, and the head of the room. 2) Participants for quantitative data are taken from health workers, namely nurses. Data collection in this study used various methods, namely individual interviews, observation, self-report, focus group discussions and several data collection tools, namely interview guides, focus group discussion guides, questionnaires, observation sheets, and supporting tools, namely voice recorders. The results of this study obtained outputs, namely standard operating procedures for the prevention and control of covid-19 infection, and from the results of health status checks on health workers from before and after the implementation of the  COVID -19 infection prevention and control program, the results were before (PCR/Antigen: Negative). 71.43%, Positive: 28.57%; Vital sign normal: 85.71%, Abnormal 14.29%), and after (PCR/Antigen: Negative 85.71%, Positive: 14.29%; Vital sign normal: 100%). This proves that there is an influence of the Covid-19 infection prevention and control program in maintaining the health status of health workers in hospitals. Suggestions to hospital leaders to continue to evaluate prevention and control programs for COVID-19 infection in accordance with developments and the situation at hand.

Infection Prevention and Control Program in a Public Pediatric Hospital in Argentina: Opportunities for Improvement

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. e108
Author(s):  
Carlos Daniel Acevedo ◽  
Hector Jose Abate ◽  
Ana M. Rosaenz ◽  
Andrea Falaschi ◽  
Pablo Melonari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Patient safety and infection control: bases for curricular integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 1170-1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Mara Bernardes da Silva ◽  
Lucas Lazarini Bim ◽  
Felipe Lazarini Bim ◽  
Alvaro Francisco Lopes Sousa ◽  
Pedro Castania Amadio Domingues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Curricular Integration ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health Field

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze curricular integration between teaching of patient safety and good infection prevention and control practices. Method: Integrative review, designed to answer the question: “How does curricular integration of content about ‘patient safety teaching’ and content about ‘infection prevention and control practices’ occur in undergraduate courses in the health field?”. The following databases were searched for primary studies: CINAHL, LILACS, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, Europe PMC and MEDLINE. Results: The final sample consisted of 13 studies. After content analysis, primary studies were grouped into two subject categories: “Innovative teaching practices” and “Curricular evaluation. Conclusion: Patient safety related to infection prevention and control practices is present in the curriculum of health undergraduate courses, but is not coordinated with other themes, is taught sporadically, and focuses mainly on hand hygiene.

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