Saving Lives audits: do they improve infection prevention and control practice?

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Slyne ◽  
C Phillips ◽  
J Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
And Control

Aretrospective audit evaluation was conducted to determine whether the introduction of two clinical skills trainers for four months in a district general hospital improved compliance with infection prevention and control practices. Saving Lives (Department of Health, 2010) peripheral venous cannula and urinary catheter high impact intervention audit data were analysed for six months before, four months during and six months after the clinical skills training was implemented for six control wards and seven intervention wards. Findings showed that although the control wards did not improve compliance significantly over the study period, the intervention wards improved compliance with the high impact intervention care bundles studied and that this practice was sustained for six months after the clinical skills training. The findings suggest that education is required to improve clinical skills surrounding cannulation and catheterisation, which can then be sustained by Saving Lives audits to reduce the risk of infection to patients.

Barriers to infection prevention and control practice among Amhara region teaching hospitals in Ethiopia: Qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walelegn Worku Yallew ◽  
Abera Kumie ◽  
Feleke Moges Yehuala
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Worker ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Amhara Region ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
And Control

Healthcare workers have good perception towards infection prevention, but there has been a poor practice towards it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore barriers to practice of infection prevention and control practice in teaching hospitals in Amhara region. A phenomenological approach used to explore the lived experience of healthcare workers and management staffs towards infection prevention practice and control. The data was collected from ten in-depth interviews and 23 focus group discussion participants, by face to face interview using open ended interview performed in safe and quiet places. Data was managed using OpenCode software version 4.03 and contents were analyzed thematically. Totally ten different barriers were identified, such as availability of facilities, shortage of material supply, lack of maintenance of facilities and equipment, high patient flow, experience, emergency situation, healthcare worker behaviour and healthcare worker’s information about infection prevention, low awareness of patients and visitors and overflow of families and visitors to the hospital. For effective infection prevention practice implementation, barriers should be considered via identifying specific organizational, healthcare worker, patients and visitors as targets.

scholarly journals Clean and Safe Healthcare Environment: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Infection Prevention and Control among Health Workforce at North Showa Zone Oromiya Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kemal Jemal ◽  
Ketema Gashaw ◽  
Tadele Kinati ◽  
Worku Bedada ◽  
Belete Getahun
Keyword(s):  
Health Workforce ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
And Control ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background. Infection prevention and control practice (IPCP) is essential for healthcare safety and quality service delivery. The Ethiopian government has already put in place programs and initiatives for clean and safe healthcare facilities. However, in the North Showa Zone of the Oromiya Region, the infection prevention and control practice level was not well understood. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of infection prevention and control practice among the health workforce (HWF) in North Shoa healthcare facilities (NSHCFs) environment. Methods. Healthcare facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed. Structured and pretested self-administered questionnaires were distributed for 373 health workforce. Three hospitals and six health centers were randomly selected, and the study participants were selected by systematic sampling technique. Data were entered into Epi-data version 3.5.2 and then exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine the associated factors with infection prevention practice, and a p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. A total of 361 (96.8%) health workforce responded to self-administered questionnaires. About 55.70% of study participants had good knowledge, 59.3% of them had a positive attitude, and 46.8% had a good infection prevention practice. Age category of 20–29(AOR = 4.08, 95%, CI = (1.97, 8.49)), female participants (AOR = 3.87, 95%, CI = (1.91, 7.86)), single participants (AOR = 3.89, 95%, CI = (1.92, 7.87)), having greater than ten years of working experience (AOR = 3.10, 95% CI = (1.19, 8.10)), positive attitude (AOR = 10.07, 95% CI = (4.82, 21.05)), and availability of water at working area (AOR = 2.27, 95% CI = (1.18, 4.35)) were significantly associated with good infection prevention practice. Conclusion. In this study, a significant number of health workers had low knowledge, negative attitudes, and poor infection prevention practices. Female participants, higher work experience, a positive attitude, and water availability in the healthcare facilities were positively associated with infection prevention and control practice. Healthcare facilities should be continued capacitating the health workforce on infection prevention and control measures and equipping health facilities with infection prevention materials.

Open visiting in the NHS

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 491-491
Author(s):  
Sam Foster
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
And Control

Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, considers the balance of the benefits of enabling visiting with infection prevention and control practice during this pandemic

Suboptimal infection prevention and control in the healthcare culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Cioffi ◽  
Jane Cioffi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Clinical Performance ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
Hospitalised Patients ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
And Control

Healthcare associated infections are one of the most common complications of hospitalised patients although they are largely preventable through compliance with infection prevention and control standards and guidelines. Clinical performance has been associated with culture in health care. By exploring the influence of culture in health care on infection prevention and control practice, understanding and insight into suboptimal IPC practice may be exposed. This paper discusses the cultural milieu of IPC practice and embedded norms proposing a cultural shift is mandatory to address suboptimal IPC practice. Recommendations are made that a cultural shift to blend the cure and prevention paradigms that effectively supports optimal infection prevention and control practice be envisaged by healthcare workers and implemented.

Infection prevention and control practice among traditional birth attendants in Lagos State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ogechi Helen Abazie ◽  
Williamson Ejenwi Eppie
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Traditional Birth Attendants ◽  
World Health ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
Birth Attendants ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
And Control

Background The World Health Organization has defined a traditional birth attendant as a ‘person who assists the mother during childbirth and initially acquired her skills by delivering babies herself or through apprenticeship to other traditional birth attendants’. It is estimated that over 40 million neonatal deaths occur annually worldwide; some of these deaths are the result of infection, which may be attributed to the practices of traditional birth attendants. In Nigeria, maternal mortality because of puerperal sepsis occurs in 12% of cases. This study aimed to assess infection prevention and control practice among traditional birth attendants in Lagos State, Nigeria. Methods This is a descriptive study of infection prevention and control among traditional birth attendants in the three local government areas of Ikorordu, Mushin and Surulere. Simple random sampling (balloting) was used to select 144 registered traditional birth attendants. A self-structured questionnaire made up of four sections (sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practice) was used for data collection. The participant knowledge scores were categorised into ‘good’ (60–100%) and ‘poor’ (0–59%). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data and tested for significance at P=0.005. Results The mean age of the respondents was 48 ± 10.6 years. Over one-third (37.5%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of infection control. There was a statistically significant association between respondent age and practice of infection prevention and control (P=0.003). There was no significant difference between the duration of practice and infection prevention and control (P=0.688). Additionally, there was no significant association between the length of training and infection prevention and control (P=0.890). Conclusions There is a need to increase the knowledge of traditional birth attendants by organising training for them on infection prevention and control. Over 70% of the respondents identified that practice could be improved by additional training. This will reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality caused by infection in Lagos, Nigeria.

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