Recognition of Endemic and Epidemic Prosthetic Device Infections: The Role of Surveillance, the Hospital Infection Control Practitioner, and the Hospital Epidemiologist

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220
Author(s):  
Cyrus C. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
Prosthetic Device ◽  
Infection Control Practitioner ◽  
Hospital Infection Control

Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular-Device–Related Infections

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 438-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele L. Pearson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
Intravenous Therapy ◽  
Intravascular Device ◽  
Hospital Infection Control ◽  
Catheter Site ◽  
Device Use ◽  
And Control

The “Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular Device-Related Infections” is designed to reduce the incidence of intravascular device-related infections by providing an over view of the evidence for recommendations considered prudent by consensus of Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisor y Committee (HICPAC) members. This two-part document updates and replaces the previously published Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) Guideline for Intravascular Infections (Am J Infect Control1983;11:183-199). Part I, “Intravascular Device-Related Infections: An Over view” discusses many of the issues and controversies in intravascular-device use and maintenance. These issues include definitions and diagnosis of catheter-related infection, appropriate barrier precautions during catheter insertion, inter vals for replacement of catheters, intravenous (IV) fluids and administration sets, catheter-site care, the role of specialized IV personnel, and the use of prophylactic antimi-crobials, flush solutions, and anticoagulants. Part II, “Recommendations for Prevention of Intravascular Device-Related Infections” provides consensus recommendations of the HICPAC for the prevention and control of intravascular device-related infections. A working draft of this document also was reviewed by experts in hospital infection control, internal medicine, pediatrics, and intravenous therapy. However, all recommendations contained in the guideline may not reflect the opinion of all reviewers.

A Statewide Characterization of Hospital Infection Control Practices and Practitioners

1980 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita L. Booth ◽  
R. Mark Weeks ◽  
Robert H. Hutcheson ◽  
William Schaffner
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
Modest Improvement ◽  
Hospital Size ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Infection Control Practitioner ◽  
Hospital Infection Control ◽  
Control Resource

AbstractSelected features of infection control programs among the 163 general hospitals in Tennessee were surveyed in 1976 and 1979. Each hospital but one had a designated infection control practitioner. Three-fourths of the hospitals had fewer than 200 beds and most were in rural areas. The practitioners in these small hospitals worked in an isolated professional milieu: few (4%) had attended a basic training course or were members of a national (11%) or local (16%) infection control association. They also had significantly less access to standard infection control resource publications than did practitioners in large hospitals. Use of aqueous quaternary ammonium compounds for disinfection was reported by 37% of all hospitals in 1979; 68% of hospitals routinely performed bacteriologic cultures of personnel or the environment. In contrast, only 3% of hospitals did not have a policy specifying the use of sterile closed-system drainage of indwelling bladder catheters. Although these practices varied somewhat by hospital size, the differences were not statistically significant. Modest improvement in each parameter was noted since 1976. Pathology was the most common medical specialty (34%) among chairman of infection control committees; internal medicine and pediatrics accounted for only 13%. The practice of routine microbiologic monitoring was significantly more common among hospitals with chairmen who were pathologists. The implications of these findings for national priorities in hospital infection control are discussed.

scholarly journals PERCEPÇÃO DOS ENFERMEIROS ASSISTENCIAIS SOBRE A COMISSÃO DE CONTROLE DE INFECÇÃO HOSPITALAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talyta Gonçalves da Silva Félix ◽  
Cícera Renata Diniz Vieira Silva ◽  
Mary Luce Melquíades Meira ◽  
Rosânela Vidal De Negreiros ◽  
Jogilmira Macêdo Silva Mendes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Curative Care ◽  
Hospital Infection Control ◽  
Infection Control Committee ◽  
Care Culture ◽  
Assistant Nurses

Objetivo: analisar a percepção dos enfermeiros assistenciais sobre a função da Comissão de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar. Metodologia: pesquisa descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvida em um hospital universitário, com oito enfermeiros. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo. Resultados: emergiram três categorias temáticas: conhecimento acerca da função da CCIH; reconhecimento da importância do enfermeiro na CCIH e contribuição do enfermeiro assistencial para com a CCIH. Conclusão: destaca-se o não reconhecimento da Comissão como órgão preventivo, mas muitas vezes atrelado somente à pós-exposição a acidentes de trabalho, evidenciando a cultura curativa no ambiente hospitalar.Descritores: Infecção Hospitalar, Controle de Infecções, Enfermagem.UNDERSTANDING OF ASSISTANT NURSES ABOUT THE HOSPITAL INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEEObjective: To analyze the understanding of assistant nurses on the role of the Hospital Infection Control Committee. Methodology: Descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, developed in a university hospital, with eight nurses. For the analysis of the data, the content analysis was used. Results: Three subject areas emerged: Awareness about the role of HICC; Recognition of the importance of nurses in the HICC and their contribution to it. Conclusion: Failure to recognize the Commission as a preventive body stands out, but often only linked to post-exposure to work accidents, revealing the curative care culture in the hospital environment.Descriptors: Hospital Infection, Infection Control, Nursing.PERCEPCIÓN DE LOS ENFERMEROS ASISTENCIALES SOBRE LA COMISIÓN DE CONTROL DE INFECCIONES HOSPITALARIASObjetivo: Analizar la percepción de los enfermeros asistenciales sobre el papel de la Comisión de Control de Infecciones Hospitalarias. Metodología: estudio descriptivo con un enfoque cualitativo, desarrollado en un hospital universitario, con ocho enfermeros. Para la análisis de los datos, se utilizó la análisis de contenido. Resultados: tres categorías temáticas surgieron: El conocimiento de la función de CCIH; El reconocimiento de la importancia de los enfermeros en CCIH y la contribuición del enfermero asistencial por el CCIH. Conclusión: Es digno de mención o no reconocimiento de la Comisión como órgano preventiva, a menudo torpe justo después de la exposición a los accidentes de trabajo, mostrando una cultura curativa en el ámbito hospitalario.Descriptores: Infección Hospitalaria, Control de infecciones, Enfermería.

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