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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Healthcare Associated Infection"”.
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Developing and Evaluating Effective Interventions to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infection in A Resource-Limited Hospital in Thailand
The burden of disease due to hospital-acquired infections in developing countries is poorly quantified. Moreover, hand hygiene compliance (amongst the most effective control measures) is often low and high quality research into how to improve it is largely lacking outside high income settings. I …
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Evaluating Learned and Rule-Based Policies for Hospital Bed Assignment
… complex sequential decision making problems in healthcare such as hospital bed assignment, resources are limited and shared between patients. Hospital bed assignment is an important decision making problem because a patient's bed assignment influences their medical outcomes, including their risk …
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Evaluation of adherence to an evidence-based bundle of care for the treatment of staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at Groote Schuur Hospital
… Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) is associated with high hospital mortality. Improvements in outcome have been described with standardised bundles of care. Objectives To study adherence to a standardised bundle of care (BOC) recommendations using a consultation proforma, for all …
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Most Effective Nursing Interventions to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Critical Review of the Literature
Nosocomial infections, otherwise referred to as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), are defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as infections that occur in association with devices used in medical procedures, such as catheters or ventilators (Centers for Disease Control and …
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An exploration of cultural issues affecting staff compliance with recommended infection prevention and control practices in a ‘ring-fenced’ acute hospital elective surgical ward
Healthcare associated infection (HCAI) poses a serious threat to patients admitted into hospital as well as health care staff. Whilst recommendations for preventing HCAI exist, many research studies, primarily quantitative in nature, have reported serious concerns about the suboptimal infection …
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Probiotic Use in Trauma Patients: A Pathway to Determining the Standard of Care to Improve Outcomes
… places one at greater risk for illness and infection. Patients who suffer a traumatic injury are among those at highest risk for complications associated with microbial imbalance, or dysbiosis. In addition to the mechanisms of traumatic injury that can impair one’s immune function, these …
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Performance and energy efficiency of low irradiance antimicrobial violet-blue light for environmental decontamination applications
Healthcare associated infections are one of the most frequent adverse events to occur during healthcare delivery, affecting 7-15% of patients with an estimated mortality of 10%. The healthcare environment plays a significant role in the transmission of pathogens which can instigate such infections. …
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Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Organic and Metal Based Antimicrobial Agents
… given day 1 in 18 hospitalised patients have a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and that a large percentage of these infections are caused by resistant strains of bacteria. With the global spread of antibiotic-resistance and the emergence of bacteria resistant to ‘last-resort antibiotics’, …
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Improving Compliance in the Use of Catheter Kit Supplied Hand Sanitizer Prior to the Insertion of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter
<p>Abstract</p> <p>More than half of the staff nurses (65% through direct observation and 60% through interview) in the operating room (OR) department do not perform hand hygiene prior to insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. This performance improvement project aims to educate all OR staff …
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Awareness and Performance for Standards Precautions by Health care Occupation at a General Hospital
… doctors and medical technicians among all healthcare workers working for a medical center who frequently deal with patients and to identify factors that influence their performance. The subjects were 184 health care workers including 63 nurses, 61 doctors and 60 medical technicians working …