Infection control and prevention, continuity of care and clinical handoffs in healthcare facilities

Safe injection techniques and personal protective equipment to prevent infection

Infection control systems include hand hygiene, cleaning, and proper handling and disposal of sharps. Our organization has developed an infection prevention program according to NSQHS standards. Our organization has a monitoring program based on what’s going wrong where. An infection control and prevention assessment framework was introduced to promote patient safety. Infection control can prevent or stop the spread of infection in healthcare facilities (Alhumaid et al. 2021).

This website provides an overview of the spread of infection and ways to prevent it. Five main principles are used in healthcare settings, including safe injection practices using sterile equipment and instruments. Use of personal protective equipment that can prevent disease and hand hygiene (Biringer et al. 2017). All of these precautions are used in medical establishments to prevent infection. Additional protective barriers such as gloves, face masks, goggles and face shields were used to prevent infection. This helps reduce occupational transmission of bacteria and microbes from patient to healthcare worker and from healthcare worker to patient.

Continuity of care is an approach for patient-centered care teams to become deeply involved in healthcare management and share goals of quality care. It is a fundamental component of primary care and is especially important for older adults battling chronic diseases (Clarke Clark-Burg and Pavlos 2018). We know that just needing care and support is not enough for people with chronic or complex medical conditions. We are unable to provide adequate and adequate care for people with complex chronic diseases. Providing adequate care for people with multiple chronic diseases requires an integrated or modified framework for continuity of this care. Interventional care for managing all chronic illnesses in individuals has not been detailed (Facchinetti et al. 2020). This continuity of care is not considered and therefore an appropriate referral for medication change.

For example, our healthcare organization used a chronic care model that offers a proactive approach and cost savings. It helps empower patients and communities. Contribute to improved quality of care and improved health outcomes. But for patients with complex needs, traditional methods simply didn’t work. However, it may lead to higher satisfaction and lower medical costs (Nóbrega et al. 2017). There is insufficient evidence linking continuity of care with disease-specific outcomes.

Medical devices must be designed to enable people to achieve the right results in all circumstances. To this end, training and education should be provided and made clear that they do not jeopardize the patient’s clinical condition or safety. The new technology has been proven to be safe and may give accurate results. However, compelling evidence for validation is needed to help minimize overall risk to patients (Querido et al. 2019). This medical device provides reasonable safeguards against clinical failure. In healthcare settings, infection prevention and control is used as an evidence-based approach to prevent infection of patients and healthcare workers. Effective IPC requires involvement of all stages of the healthcare system. This includes access to health services by policy makers, facility managers and health workers (safetyandquality.gov.au, 2022).

Importance Of Delivering High-Quality Care To Patients With Chronic Diseases

Our organization has created a support program for IPC. These programs include injection safety, surgical sites for infections, hand hygiene, and emergency and non-emergency hospital practices. Our organization follows strict rules for patient safety. Our organization has repeatedly used medical device reporting tools to monitor device performance, identify device-related safety issues, and contribute to the assessment of product benefits and risks. I noticed. This organization has provided us with training and education on how to use medical equipment while ensuring patient safety. Our organization follows community FDA standards. Our organization has only used the services of medical device manufacturers who ensure that their medical devices are safe and deliver accurate results. However, I have had the device tested in my practice and would like to know what to check. Stay informed than use your device correctly.

Clinical offerings carry the risk of patient-identifying harm. Includes details of clinical assessments and current clinical status. Patients must communicate all relevant information to their physician (Sharma et al. 2020). Medication history, infection status, and other significant new changes should be documented during treatment transitions. Clinical handover requires patient goals and aspirations. Engagement in clinical delivery requires the support of patients, families and caregivers. This clinic takeover effectively transfers responsibility and accountability for care.

The above statements are true because relevant data must be delivered to the right people in order to take the right actions. Our organization requires all diagnostic reports to be sent to the appropriate personnel. Information from the patient’s primary care physician to the family should be the surrogate decision maker (Sim 2019). Medical records such as medical history, medication lists, changes in cognitive performance, advanced treatment plans, and treatment goals are essential for accurate drug matching, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment decisions. At our organization, patients are encouraged to provide important insight into their condition that may affect their care and needs.

Patient involvement in providing communication can improve patient care outcomes and prevent adverse events during care. Reduce readmissions after hospital discharge. Our organization employs a well-structured clinical handoff that incorporates patient engagement. Physician communication requires changes to care plans and critical information, according to NSQHS criteria (Sim 2019). Clinicians used the clinical information process to achieve effective communication of risks and critical information. For example, our healthcare organization has effective communication processes for caregivers, families, and patients to communicate important information about their care directly to their physicians. At any point in patient care, critical information may need to be changed (Sim 2019). Important information may come from other sources such as patients, family members and caregivers. It depends on how important the information is to the patient’s health.

Medical Devices And Patient Safety

For example, while traveling, I found myself obliged to immediately inform my doctor or clinician of any information or information regarding a deteriorating health condition. Help your team take immediate action. In our organization, all important information such as diagnostic errors, missing test results, changes in physiological and psychological conditions, etc. are communicated immediately to the doctor. We need to know the patient’s surgeon or attending physician. Critical information and health records needed to ensure patient safety should be documented. Our organization uses closed-loop communication via email and pagers. This allows other employees to communicate effectively. However, during the trip, I gave my doctor all the important information in writing.

Per NSQHS 6th Standard, document information includes critical information, reassessment procedures, and changes to care plans. The use of EHR systems is one of the best health system strategies because manual records are more time consuming than electronic systems. Our organization has eliminated communication problems with this EHR system. For example, using Digital Writer and Speech Recognition in our organization is efficient because it saves time. Helps diagnose and alleviate disease (World Health Organization, 2017). Improve patient safety by eliminating medical errors. This EHR provided clinical warnings and reminders to healthcare professionals. Improve patient information aggregation, communication and analysis. This makes it easier to check and explain the condition of each patient.

However, we do support healthcare professionals at your healthcare provider in making treatment decisions. EHRs have helped providers better manage patients within their organizations. The system provides accurate, up-to-date and complete data on patients to ensure quality care. However, this is problematic as you may get incorrect data if the EHR is not updated. It can be inefficient, costly and time consuming. From this, we can conclude that the use of this electronic health record in our organization can significantly improve aspects of safety and quality of care. More should be learned about the usage of these systems to avoid inefficient use of this tool in healthcare settings (Sharma et al. 2020). EMR training and education programs need to be in place to understand how EMRs are used and what benefits they bring to people.

References

Alhumaid, S., Al Mutair, A., Al Alawi, Z., Alsuliman, M., Ahmed, G.Y., Rabaan, A.A., Al-Tawfiq, J.A. and Al-Omari, A., 2021. Knowledge of infection prevention and control among healthcare workers and factors influencing compliance: A systematic review. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 10(1), pp.1-32.

Biringer, E., Hartveit, M., Sundfør, B., Ruud, T. and Borg, M., 2017. Continuity of care as experienced by mental health service users-a qualitative study. BMC health services research, 17(1), pp.1-15.

Clarke, S., Clark-Burg, K. and Pavlos, E., 2018. Clinical handover of immediate post-operative patients: A literature review. Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 31(2), pp.29-35.

Facchinetti, G., D’Angelo, D., Piredda, M., Petitti, T., Matarese, M., Oliveti, A. and De Marinis, M.G., 2020. Continuity of care interventions for preventing hospital readmission of older people with chronic diseases: A meta-analysis. International journal of nursing studies, 101, p.103396.

Nóbrega, V.M.D., Silva, M.E.D.A., Fernandes, L.T.B., Viera, C.S., Reichert, A.P.D.S. and Collet, N., 2017. Chronic disease in childhood and adolescence: continuity of care in the Health Care Network. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 51.

Querido, M.M., Aguiar, L., Neves, P., Pereira, C.C. and Teixeira, J.P., 2019. Self-disinfecting surfaces and infection control. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 178, pp.8-21.

safetyandquality.gov.au, 2022. National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards. [online] Available at:

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Sharma, A., Fernandez, P.G., Rowlands, J.P., Koff, M.D. and Loftus, R.W., 2020. Perioperative Infection Transmission: the Role of the Anesthesia Provider in Infection Control and Healthcare-Associated Infections. Current Anesthesiology Reports, 10(3), pp.233-241.

Sim, I., 2019. Mobile devices and health. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(10), pp.956-968.

World Health Organization, 2017. Designing instructions for use for in vitro diagnostic medical devices (No. WHO/EMP/RHT/PQT/TGS5/2017.05). World Health Organization.