scholarly journals Nursing Guidelines and Its Effects on Nurses’ Knowledge and Patient Safety Regarding Nosocomial Infection Control Measures in Burn Unit

2016 ◽  
Vol 05 (05) ◽  
pp. 06-16
Author(s):  
Salwa A. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
Burn Unit ◽  
Nursing Guidelines ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices of nurses regarding nosocomial infection control measures in private hospitals in Sana’a City, Yemen

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamil Alrubaiee ◽  
Anisah Baharom ◽  
Hayati Kadir Shahar ◽  
Shaffe Mohd Daud ◽  
Huda Omar Basaleem
Keyword(s):  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Infection Control Measures

Relationship between the Prevalence of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusInfection and Indicators of Nosocomial Infection Control Measures A Population-Based Study in French Hospitals

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 861-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Grammatico-Guillon ◽  
Jean-Michel Thiolet ◽  
Pascale Bernillon ◽  
Bruno Coignard ◽  
Babak Khoshnood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
Mrsa Infection ◽  
The Mean ◽  
National Prevalence

Objective.To assess whether infection control indicators are associated with the prevalence of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infection in French hospitals.Methods.We linked the database for the 2006 national prevalence survey of nosocomial infection with the database of infection control indicators (comprised of ICALIN, an indicator of infection control organization, resources, and action, and ICSHA, an indicator of alcohol-based handrub consumption) recorded from hospitals by the Ministry of Health. Data on MRSA infection were obtained from the national prevalence survey database and included the site and origin of infection, the microorganism responsible, and its drug resistance profile. Because the prevalence of MRSA infection was low and often nil, especially in small hospitals, we restricted our analysis to hospitals with at least 300 Patients. We used a multilevel logistic regression model to assess the joint effects of patient-level variables (eg, age, sex, or infection) and hospital-level variables (infection control indicators).Results.Two hundred two hospitals had at least 300 patients, for a total of 128,631 Patients. The overall prevalence of MRSA infection was 0.34% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.29%-0.39%). The mean value for ICSHA was 7.8 L per 1,000 patient-days (median, 6.1 L per 1,000 patient-days; range, 0-33 L per 1,000 patient-days). The mean value for ICALIN was 92 of a possible 100 points (median, 94.5;range, 67-100). Multilevel analyses showed that ICALIN scores were associated with the prevalence of MRSA infection (odds ratio for a score change of 1 standard deviation, 0.80;95% CI, 0.69-0.93). We found no association between prevalence of MRSA infection and ICSHA. Other variables significantly associated with the prevalence of MRSA infection were sex, vascular or urinary catheter, previous surgery, and the McCabe score.Conclusions.We found a significant association between the prevalence of MRSA infection and ICALIN that suggested that a higher ICALIN score may be predictive of a lower prevalence of MRSA infection.

Significance of Nosocomial Infection Rates in the Era of DRGs

1986 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 506-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Fuchs ◽  
Marie E. Gustafson
Keyword(s):  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
False Sense

Nosocomial infection rates, as determined by either incidence or prevalence methods, are considered important data in infection control programs. Many factors besides infection control measures affect infection rates— eg, illness acuity of the patient population. However, there is evidence that when these factors remain constant, a lowering of the infection rate can be the result of infection control efforts. We wish to illustrate how a dramatic drop in infection rate may mislead infection control personnel into a false sense of accomplishment, when in reality it is an effect of changing medical practices.

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