Questions linked to Gould DJ, Drey NS, Millar M, Wilks M, Chamney M. Patients and the public: knowledge, sources of information and perceptions about healthcare-associated infection. J Hosp Infect 2009:72:1–8.

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Keyword(s):  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hosp Infect ◽  
Healthcare Associated

Laws Pertaining to Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Review of 3 Legal Requirements

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Reagan ◽  
Carl Hacker
Keyword(s):  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infections ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Us States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Data Submission ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Healthcare Associated

We reviewed US state and territorial healthcare-associated infection (HAI) laws, specifically addressing 3 legal requirements: data submission, reporting of data to the public, and inclusion of facility identifiers in public reports. The majority of US states and territories have HAI laws. The 3 studied legal provisions are all commonly included in state HAI laws in varying forms; however, only a minority of states and territories specifically mandate all 3 legal requirements. The laws of the remaining states vary considerably.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(1):75-80

Public Disclosure of Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Role of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward S. Wong ◽  
Mark E. Rupp ◽  
Leonard Mermel ◽  
Trish M. Perl ◽  
Suzanne Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Planning ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Public Disclosure ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disclosure Laws ◽  
The Right ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
Healthcare Epidemiology

Prior to 2004, only two states, Pennsylvania and Illinois, had enacted legislation requiring healthcare facilities to collect nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data intended for public disclosure. In 2004, two additional states, Missouri and Florida, passed disclosure laws. Currently, several other states are considering similar legislation. In California, Senate Bill 1487 requiring hospitals to collect HAI data and report them to the Office of Statewide Health Planning was passed by the legislature, but was not signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger, effectively vetoing it. The impetus for these laws is complex. Support comes from consumer advocates, who argue that the public has the right to be informed, and from others who view HAI as preventable and hope that public disclosure would provide an incentive to healthcare providers and institutions to improve their care.

Patient Involvement in Healthcare-Associated Infection Research: A Lexical Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 710-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Dadich ◽  
Mary Wyer
Keyword(s):  
Patient Involvement ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infections ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Expertise ◽  
Important Research Area ◽  
Healthcare Associated

OBJECTIVEThis review examines patient involvement in healthcare-associated infection (HAI) research. Healthcare-associated infections represent an intractable issue with considerable implications for patients and staff. Participatory methodologies that involve patients in healthcare research are associated with myriad benefits.DESIGNLexical review.METHODSPubMed was searched to identify all publications on patient involvement in HAI research since 2000; publications were also identified from the cited references. A lexical analysis was conducted of the methods sections of 148 publications.RESULTSThe findings reveal that HAI research that actively involves patients and members of the public is limited.CONCLUSIONSPatient involvement is largely limited to recruitment to HAI studies rather than extended to patient involvement in research design, implementation, analysis, and/or dissemination. As such, there is considerable opportunity to further this important research area via alternative methodologies that award primacy to patient expertise and agency.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:710–717

The diversity of knowledge sources and its impact on firm-level innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoaib Abdul Basit ◽  
Kehinde Medase
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Diversity ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Knowledge Competencies

Purpose The combination of different knowledge sources has been considered conducive for innovation performance. While the literature has advanced regarding the combination of knowledge inputs as in internal and external research and development (R&D), the evolvement of knowledge blend from customers and competitors has also received substantial attention. The purpose of this paper is to delineate the sources of information from the customers into private and public and examine their direct effect on firm-level innovation. While the extant literature is mixed regarding this, no clear-cut results have emerged yet on the effect of knowledge combination from the private and public customers with internal R&D and human capital on innovation activities. This study, however, shed more lights on the inconclusiveness of the effect of knowledge diversity on firm-level innovation. Design/methodology/approach Using the microdata from the German Community Innovation Survey 2013, the authors employ a binary instrumental variable treatment model with Heckman selection, a suitable strategy to estimate binary variables to cope with a possible endogeneity issue. Findings The paper demonstrates that knowledge from customers in the private and public sector, and competitors are positively and significantly associated with innovation. The authors find evidence of a positive and significant effect of the combination of firm internal knowledge competencies with information from the public sector. In contrary, the blend of knowledge competencies with information from customers in the private sector and information from the competitors results in decline to innovation. The results also show that the blend of internal R&D with knowledge source from the customers in the public sector appears to have a stronger influence in the manufacturing sector than services. The results offer strong evidence of the positive link between knowledge diversity and firm-level innovation performance. Practical implications The results have significant managerial implications on the role of the blend of different sources of information in supporting a compelling internal knowledge development to optimise innovation performance. Originality/value This study is foremost to focus on knowledge sources from the customers in the public and private sector and its relationship with R&D and human capital in supporting a successful introduction of innovation.

The Sterility of Reusable Surgical Instruments with Pouches Packaging on One of the Private Hospital in Bandung

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurniawansyah I. S. ◽  
Mita S. R. ◽  
Najla E. ◽  
Nindayani E.
Keyword(s):  
Storage Time ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
Sterility Testing ◽  
Reusable Instruments ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Common Infection ◽  
Long Storage

Healthcare associated infection is one of the common infection that happens in Indonesia. One form control to prevent healthcare associated infection is the sterilization process of the materials and medical instruments that used for taking care of patients. At the private hospital whereas a place of research, there’s never been done the study of sterility test for reusable instrument with pouches, based on previous studies showed that 8 sets from 40 sets of reusable instrument with linen were not sterile moreover there were positively influence from the amount of time to the sterility of reusable instrument. The purpose of these studies was to determining the relationship between a long storage time and the sterility of reusable instruments with pouches. The method that used in this study was the sterility testing of reusable instrument with pouches which were stored in a central operations room storage with a long storage time of 1 and 2 months. From 30 reusable instruments with pouches which were stored for nine months there were 5 instruments were not sterile. The results of statistic analysis showed that the amount of storage time not significantly associated to the sterility of reusable instrument with pouches in the operating room central storage space.

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