scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge and implementation practices of the ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) bundle in the intensive care unit of a private hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cybele Lara Abad ◽  
Cordella P. Formalejo ◽  
Dan Meynard L. Mantaring
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Nurse Turnover ◽  
Bed Elevation ◽  
Bundle Compliance ◽  
Head Of Bed Elevation ◽  
Vap Bundle

AbstractStudies have shown that a ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle significantly decreases VAP rates. In this study, we evaluated existing knowledge, practices, and adherence of nurses and infection control preventionists (ICP) to the VAP bundles of care in the intensive care unit (ICU) by using qualitative and quantitative tools. Of 60 participants (56 nurses and 4 ICPs), mean knowledge score regarding specific evidence-based VAP guidelines was 5 (range 3–8) out of 10 points. Self-reported adherence to the VAP bundle ranged from 38.5 to 100%, with perfect compliance to head of bed elevation, and poorest compliance with readiness to extubate. Overall VAP median bundle compliance was 84.6%. Knowledge regarding specific components of VAP prevention is lacking. Formal training and interactive educational sessions should be performed regularly to assess the competency of key personnel regarding the VAP bundle, especially in the context of rapid nurse turnover. Incentives for retention of nurses should also be considered, so that knowledge of hospital specific initiatives such as the VAP bundles of care can be cultivated over time.

Effect of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) on the Compliance With Head of Bed Elevation in the Intensive Care Unit

CHEST Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 293A
Author(s):  
Masood U. Rahman ◽  
Said Abuhasna ◽  
Veronica Bernard ◽  
Fares Chedid
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Safety Program ◽  
Bed Elevation ◽  
Head Of Bed Elevation

scholarly journals Evaluation of a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care unit

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 744-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Guterres da Silva ◽  
Raquel Kuerten de Salles ◽  
Eliane Regina Pereira do Nascimento ◽  
Kátia Cilene Godinho Bertoncello ◽  
Cibele D'Avila Kramer Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cuff Pressure ◽  
Oral Care ◽  
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ◽  
Endotracheal Suctioning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bed Elevation ◽  
Head Of Bed Elevation ◽  
Expected Compliance

We aimed at evaluating compliance with a bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an Intensive Care Unit. It is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted in a public hospital in the state of Santa Catarina. Data were collected in July and August of 2012. The sample consisted of 1,146 observations of the four elements that compose the bundle (head of bed elevation between 30-45°; endotracheal suctioning; cuff pressure between 20-30 cmH2O; and oral care with 0.12% chlorhexidine). Expected compliance was equal to a positivity rate ≥80%. Data analysis revealed overall bundle compliance of 794 (69.2%). When analyzed separately, two practices presented expected compliance (84.7%): oral care and suctioning. Head of bed elevation had the lowest compliance (55.5%), followed by cuff pressure (61.8%). We observed the need for strategies that promote the quality of all the elements that compose the bundle in order for its use to be effective.

Evaluation of head-of-bed elevation compliance in critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation in a polyvalent intensive care unit

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Llaurado-Serra ◽  
M. Ulldemolins ◽  
R. Güell-Baró ◽  
B. Coloma-Gómez ◽  
X. Alabart-Lorenzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Bed Elevation ◽  
Head Of Bed Elevation

scholarly journals Billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Silva Bicalho Zunta ◽  
Valéria Castilho
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Nursing Managers ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
The City ◽  
Hospital Revenues ◽  
Safe Care

This study aimed to: estimate the billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit and calculate how much of total ICU revenues are generated by nursing. An exploratory-descriptive, documentary research with a quantitative approach was carried out. The study was performed at a general ICU of a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo. The sample consisted of 159 patients. It was concluded that the nursing procedures were responsible for 15.1% of total ICU revenues, which breaks down to an average 11.3% of revenues coming from nursing prescriptions and 3.8% from medical prescriptions. Demonstrating how much nursing contributes to hospital revenues is essential information for nursing managers, as it is an important argument to obtain resources and guarantee safe care.

scholarly journals Auditorship in nursing records at an Intensive Care Unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1187
Author(s):  
Francislene Fátima Cordeiro ◽  
Ana Maria Dyniewicz ◽  
Luísa Canestraro Kalinowski
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Recording Process ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Identification Tags

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze nursing reports at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital and indentify nursing report features at the ICU. Method: descriptive study held between October/2009 and January/2010, applying a data-collection instrument to 100 nursing reports in patients’ records of an adult ICU of a private hospital in the municipality of Curitiba, Paraná State/Brazil. The criteria for record inclusion in the study were adult patients of both sexes, regardless the pathology and/or complications and health insurance plans, longer than three-day admission in the ICU. This research followed the procedures recommended by Resolution nº 196/96, and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee from Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (Opinion 000124/2009). Results: among the results, it can be pointed out: missing patients’ identification tags; reports presenting blanks, scratches or correction fluid erasures; missing signing; incorrect checking and incomplete records from Systematization of Nursing Care. Conclusion: as nursing reports mean safety to patients and institutions and reflect the quality of care delivery, it was perceived the need to steady improvement in this recording process. Descriptors: nursing audit; quality of health care; nursing. RESUMOObjetivos: analisar as anotações de enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva – UTI de um hospital privado e identificar as características dos registros de enfermagem na UTI. Método: estudo descritivo realizado de outubro de 2009 a janeiro de 2010, aplicando um instrumento de coleta de dados a 100 anotações de enfermagem em prontuários de pacientes de uma UTI geral adulto de um hospital privado do município de Curitiba-PR. Os critérios de inclusão de prontuários no estudo foram: pacientes adultos, de ambos os sexos, independente da patologia e/ou complicações e plano de saúde, com mais de três dias de internação na UTI. Esta pesquisa seguiu os procedimentos recomendados pela Resolução nº 196/96 e foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa em Humanos da Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, sob o número 000124/2009. Resultados: dentre os resultados destacam-se: falta de etiquetas de identificação de pacientes; anotações com espaços em branco, rasuras e utilização de corretor ortográfico; falta de assinatura; checagem incorreta e registros da Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem incompletos. Conclusão: como as anotações de enfermagem representam segurança ao paciente e à instituição e refletem a qualidade da assistência prestada, percebeu-se a necessidade de melhoria contínua desse processo de registros. Descritores: auditoria de enfermagem; qualidade da assistência à saúde; enfermagem.RESUMEN Objetivos: analizar los apuntes de enfermería en Unidad de Terapia Intensiva – UTI de un hospital particular e identificar las características de los registros de enfermería en UTI. Método: estudio descriptivo hecho de octubre de 2009 a enero de 2010, con instrumento de 100 apuntes de enfermería en prontuarios de pacientes de una UTI general para adultos de un hospital de Curitiba-PR. Los criterios de inclusión de registros solicitaban que fuesen pacientes adultos de ambos sexos, independientemente de la patología y/o complicaciones y el plan de la salud, con más de tres días en la UTI. Este estudio dio seguimiento a los procedimientos recomendados por la Resolución 196/96 y aprobado por la Ética en la Investigación Humana de la Universidad Tuiuti con el número 000124/2009. Resultados: entre los resultados, se destacan: ausencia de etiquetas de identificación de pacientes; apuntes con espacios en blanco, tachones y utilización de corrector ortográfico; falta de firma; chequeo incorrecto y registros de la Sistematización da Asistencia de Enfermería incompletos. Conclusión: como los apuntes de enfermería representan seguridad para el paciente y para la institución y reflejan la cualidad de la asistencia prestada, se ha percibido la necesidad de mejoría continua de ese proceso de registros. Descriptores: auditoria de enfermería; calidad de la atención de salud; enfermería.

scholarly journals Training of intensive care nurses to handle continuous hemodialysis: a latent condition for safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 105-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Ribeiro Porto de Andrade ◽  
Fabiana de Mello Barros ◽  
Honorina Fátima Ângela de Lúcio ◽  
Juliana Faria Campos ◽  
Rafael Celestino da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Intensive Care Nurses ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Critical Patients ◽  
Continuous Hemodialysis ◽  
Latent Failure

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the repercussions of the training of nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit for the management of continuous hemodialysis regarding the safety of critical patients with acute renal failure. Method: Qualitative research developed considering James Reason's reference in the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital. The data was collected with 23 nurses who worked for more than three months in the management of continuous hemodialysis through a semi-structured interview, and analyzed with the thematic content analysis technique. Results: There are weaknesses in the training of intensive care nurses for the management of continuous hemodialysis that become a latent failure. Such a failure results in difficulties in handling hemodialysis, with risks for these professionals to commit active failures. Final considerations: The training program in service for the management of continuous hemodialysis must be perfected, to develop skills and competencies in nurses and improve their performance.

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