Evaluation and Control of Professional Risks in Intensive Care Units

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Ana Ferreira ◽  
João Paulo Figueiredo ◽  
Mariana Girão ◽  
Ana Lança
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Effectiveness of application of a manual for improvement of alarms management by nurses in Intensive Care Units

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirhossein Yousefinya ◽  
Camellia Torabizadeh ◽  
Farid Zand ◽  
Mahnaz Rakhshan ◽  
Mohammad Fararooei
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Time Type

Objective. To evaluate the effects of application of a manual on the improvement of alarms management in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Methods. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of the introduction into of a manual for alarm management and control in the ICU of a hospital in southeastern Iran. The intervention was a 4-hour workshop was on topics related to the adverse effects of alarms, standardization of ECG, oxygen saturation and blood pressure monitoring systems, and the use of ventilators and infusion pumps. Data were collected thorough 200 hours of observation of 60 ICU nurses (100 hours’ pre-intervention and 100 hours’ post-intervention). Response time, type of response, customization of alarm settings for each patient, the person responding to an alarm, and the cause of the alarm were analyzed. Alarms were classified into three types: false, true and technical. Results. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-intervention frequency of alarm types, frequency of monitoring parameters, customized monitoring settings for patients, and individuals who responded to alarms. The percentage of effective interventions was significantly higher for all parameters after the intervention (46.9%) than before the intervention (38.9%). Conclusion. The employment of a manual for management of alarms from electronic equipment in ICUs can increase the frequency of appropriate responses to alarms in these units.

scholarly journals Escalas para prevenção de lesão por pressão em unidades de terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa

Rev Rene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. e42053
Author(s):  
Ítalo Lennon Sales de Almeida ◽  
Thiago Santos Garces ◽  
Glória Yanne Martins de Oliveira ◽  
Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pressure Ulcer ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Decubitus Ulcer ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
And Control ◽  
Ulcer Prevention

Objetivo: descrever os elementos constitutivos do cuidado de enfermagem presentes nas escalas de avaliação do risco de lesão por pressão usadas em unidades de terapia intensiva. Métodos: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura a partir do LILACS, MEDLINE, SCIELO e BDENF. Os descritores utilizados para a busca foram Pressure Ulcer; Decubitus Ulcer; Prevention and Control; Prevention; Intensive Care Units. A amostra final foi constituída por 13 artigos científicos. Resultados: a escala mais utilizada entre os estudos analisados foi Braden. Os elementos constitutivos evidenciados foram avaliação estruturada do risco, avaliação da pele e tecidos, cuidados preventivos com a pele, nutrição, reposicionamento no leito, superfícies de apoio e cuidados com dispositivos médicos. Conclusão: a prevenção de lesões relacionadas às incontinências, avaliação nutricional, intervenções nutricionais com o objetivo de prevenir lesões e os cuidados relacionados a dispositivos médicos são elementos constitutivos do cuidado de enfermagem pouco explorados ou ausentes nas escalas avaliadas.

scholarly journals Infection management strategy based on prevention and control of nosocomial infections in intensive care units

2019 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Long-Xiang Su ◽  
Xiao-Ting Wang ◽  
Pan Pan ◽  
Wen-Zhao Chai ◽  
Da-Wei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nosocomial Infections ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Infection Management ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Microbiological surveillance of operation theatre’s and intensive care units in a tertiary care hospital in NCR region, New Delhi

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Soumya Singh ◽  
Rohit Kumar ◽  
Mrinmoy Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Air Samples ◽  
Pseudomonas Spp ◽  
Surface Samples ◽  
Acinetobacter Spp ◽  
And Control

Background: Harbouring of potential pathogens in operation theatres (OTs) and intensive care units (ICUs) of hospital is a major cause of patient’s morbidity and mortality. Environmental monitoring by the microbiological testing of surfaces and equipments is useful to detect changing trends of types and counts of microbial flora. High level of microbial contamination indicates the needs for periodic surveillance aimed at early detection of bacterial contamination levels and prevention of hospital acquired infections.Methods: During a period of 6 months from January 2019 to June 2019, Air sampling from Operation theaters and Intensive care units were done by settle plate method. Swabs were taken from different sites and equipments and bacterial species were isolated and identified from them.Results: A total of 1410 samples were collected from various sites of Operation theaters and Intensive care units over a period of 6 months in which 960 were surface samples and 450 were air samples. Out of 960 surface samples, 95(9.89%) and out of 450 air samples, 90 (20%) were bacterial positive. Isolated organism was divided into normal flora (CONS, Micrococci), contaminant (bacillus species) and pathogenic organism e.g. Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp etc. Out of those 30 (16.20%) CONS, 50 (27.02%) Micrococci, 75 (40.50%) Bacillus spp, 16 (8.6%) Staphylococcus aureus, 1(0.54%) Acinetobacter spp, 2 (1.08%) Pseudomonas spp, 4 (2.16%) Klebsiella, 7 (3.78%) Escherichia coli were isolated.Conclusions: Strengthening surveillance and laboratory capacity will surely enhance infection prevention and control. Routine sampling is strongly recommended for increasing awareness to identify and control all possible sources and types of infections.

Facilitating Factors in the Prevention and Control of Nosocomialinfections in the Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Ayshe Hajiesmaeilpoor ◽  
Abbas Abbaszadeh ◽  
Hamid Soori ◽  
Shirin Afhami ◽  
Esmaeil Mohammadnejad
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Facilitating Factors ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Intensive Care Units

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Kyung Yoon ◽  
Hee Sun Sim ◽  
Jeong Yeon Kim ◽  
Dae Won Park ◽  
Jang Wook Sohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
And Control
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