ESSENTIALS OF EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
Infection Control
October 29, 2019
EBP
Evidence-based practice is an important function in improvement of critical care in the nursing practice, and it also promotes the quality care of patients.
Implementing EBH into an organization’s culture enhances patient outcomes and provides healthcare satisfaction. EBP not only improves healthcare satisfaction but also helps an organization gain high reliability from its consumers.
EBP
Also, EBP reduces costs as well as the risk of harm, considering that EBP reduces unnecessary tests and even procedures.
Evidence-Based Practice can be described as a problem-solving approach that works towards delivering a healthcare culture that practices the best available clinician practice, evidence as well as patient’s preferences and values (Sehulster & Chinn, 2013).
Infection Control
Controlling infections is one of the major problems faced by public healthcare centers, and it has a major impact on mortality, morbidity as well as the quality of life.
Nurses play a vital role in preventing illnesses before they occur through adhering to EBP infection control practices.
Infection Control
Their roles include keeping the healthcare environment disco-terminated or rather clean, having protective clothing, practicing the right-hand washing procedures as well as using barrier precautions.
Infections within a hospital setting can be transmitted using various channels, including dirty hands and medical devices.
Infection Control
A healthcare facility should commit fully to staff education and analyze the methods of delivery.
Also, a hospital should make sure that all the healthcare workers, especially those that have direct contact with the patient, have continuous training about the importance of hand hygiene (Sehulster & Chinn, 2013).
Infection Control
The staff methods should also be educated on how hand hygiene should be done, the right techniques, for instance, using alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Medical devices such as glucose monitors and thermometers and any other device that comes directly in contact with a patient should be disinfected before being used by another patient.
Infection Control
With the above prevention strategies, it is possible to control and prevent infection in a hospital.
Despite that, healthcare givers are always busy with the many responsibilities they have inline; time taken to control infection is worth all the efforts.
Hospital-acquired infection is the last thing a patient wants when reporting to a healthcare center for treatment (Ward, 2016).
Conclusion
Controlling and preventing i ...
3. EBP
Evidence-based practice is an important function in
improvement of critical care in the nursing practice, and it also
promotes the quality care of patients.
Implementing EBH into an organization’s culture enhances
patient outcomes and provides healthcare satisfaction. EBP not
only improves healthcare satisfaction but also helps an
organization gain high reliability from its consumers.
4. EBP
Also, EBP reduces costs as well as the risk of harm, considering
that EBP reduces unnecessary tests and even procedures.
Evidence-Based Practice can be described as a problem-solving
approach that works towards delivering a healthcare culture that
practices the best available clinician practice, evidence as well
as patient’s preferences and values (Sehulster & Chinn, 2013).
6. public healthcare centers, and it has a major impact on
mortality, morbidity as well as the quality of life.
Nurses play a vital role in preventing illnesses before they
occur through adhering to EBP infection control practices.
7. Infection Control
Their roles include keeping the healthcare environment disco-
terminated or rather clean, having protective clothing,
practicing the right-hand washing procedures as well as using
barrier precautions.
Infections within a hospital setting can be transmitted using
various channels, including dirty hands and medical devices.
8. Infection Control
A healthcare facility should commit fully to staff education and
analyze the methods of delivery.
Also, a hospital should make sure that all the healthcare
workers, especially those that have direct contact with the
patient, have continuous training about the importance of hand
hygiene (Sehulster & Chinn, 2013).
9. Infection Control
The staff methods should also be educated on how hand hygiene
should be done, the right techniques, for instance, using
alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Medical devices such as glucose monitors and thermometers and
any other device that comes directly in contact with a patient
should be disinfected before being used by another patient.
10.
11. Infection Control
With the above prevention strategies, it is possible to control
and prevent infection in a hospital.
Despite that, healthcare givers are always busy with the many
responsibilities they have inline; time taken to control infection
is worth all the efforts.
Hospital-acquired infection is the last thing a patient wants
when reporting to a healthcare center for treatment (Ward,
2016).
12. Conclusion
Controlling and preventing infections requires a coordination of
all infection controls as well as prevention program functions.
Infection control in hospitals requires the staff members to
observe hygiene and following precautions, and that will reduce
the risks of infections in a hospital effectively.
Also, environmental factors and architectural outlines should be
emphasized.
13. References
Ward, D. (2016). Implementing evidence-based practice in
infection control. British journal of nursing, 9 5, 267-71.
Sehulster, L.M., & Chinn, R.Y. (2013). Guidelines for
environmental infection control in health-care facilities.
Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control
Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR.
Recommendations and reports: Morbidity and mortality weekly
report. Recommendations and reports, 52 RR-10, 1-42.
