HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
What is a healthcare associated infection?
"Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are defined as infections not present and without evidence of incubation at the time of admission to a healthcare setting. As a better reflection of the diverse healthcare settings currently available to patients, the term healthcare-associated infections replaced old ones such as nosocomial, hospital-acquired or hospital-onset infections.” http://emedicine.medscape.com.
Types of
HAIs
Central line
infections
Catheter-associated
urinary infections
Surgical
site infections
Ventilator-associated
infections
Clostridium
difficile infections
Prevention
Over the
last several weeks of blogging many topics about prevention have been covered. The
prevention technique that is a consistent throughout is PROPER HAND HYGIENE. If
healthcare workers followed proper protocol and appropriate technique think how
many healthcare associated infections we could eliminate along with pain and suffering of patients.
HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO PRACTICE DIFFERENTLY?
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