Implementation of Infection Control Practices to Manage Hospital Acquired Infections

Jayasree, T.; Afzal, Mustafa

doi:10.22207/jpam.13.1.68

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“…[ 23 ], in the present study, a decrease in the rate of SSI was observed, which is consistent with a study conducted by Jayasree and Afzal in 2019. According to Jayasree and Afzal's study, adherence to the infection control guideline reduced the rate of SSI [ 24 ].…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nosocomial Infection Rate: A Case of Iran

Jabarpour

Dehghan

Afsharipour

et al. 2021

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiolog

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Background. Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a new type of coronavirus that has caused a global pandemic. The disease is highly contagious, and all people are susceptible to the disease. Therefore, extensive measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease at the community and hospitals. This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on nosocomial infection rate. Methods. This cross-sectional study was conducted in an educational hospital, southeast Iran. The nosocomial infection rates of critical/intensive care units (CCU/ICUs) and medical-surgical units were assessed during and before the COVID-19 outbreak. Results. There was a 19.75-point decrease in the total rate of nosocomial infection during the COVID-19 outbreak ( P = 0.02). In addition, there was a 39.12-point decrease in the total rate of CCU/ICUs’ nosocomial infection during the COVID-19 outbreak ( P < 0.001). A 19.23-point decrease was also observed in the total rate of medical-surgical units’ nosocomial infection during the COVID-19 outbreak ( P = 0.13). All kinds of CCU/ICUs’ nosocomial infections had between 31.22- and 100-point decreases during the COVID-19 outbreak. Among medical-surgical units, 33.33- and 30.70-point decreases were observed only in UTI and SSI, respectively, during the COVID-19 outbreak, while BSI had a 40-point increase during the COVID-19 outbreak. Conclusions. Proper implementation of infection control protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic seems to reduce nosocomial infections.

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The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nosocomial Infection Rate: A Case of Iran

Jabarpour

Dehghan

Afsharipour

et al. 2021

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiolog

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“…It is an established fact that strict compliance to aseptic precautions during catheterisation and central line insertion reduce UTIs and CLABSIs, while adherence to infection control guidelines reduce SSI rates. [ 19 20 ] As per a study in a hospital setting in Taiwan and New York, use of face masks, hand hygiene compliance and strict adherence to contact precautions during Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a decrease in HAIs. [ 21 22 ]…”

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Prevention of hospital-acquired infections

Mitra

Ghosh

Pal

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Introduction: Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates were reported to have declined in healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Needless to mention that HAI is of paramount interest and relevance to a primary care physician who need to care from womb to tomb inside pandemic. Objectives: This study was conducted to find the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the four parameters of HAIs, namely, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and surgical site infections (SSIs) with hand hygiene compliance rates among healthcare workers. Materials and Methods: This retrospective data mining was undertaken in a 700 bed multispecialty teaching hospital in the Eastern India which was a Government of Bihar approved speciality Covid Care Hospital. Data from the monthly routine infection control monitoring and surveillance activities was collated from January 2019 to December 2020. Control charts with upper and lower control limit set at mean ± 1 SD were used to monitor monthly trends of HAIs. Results: The CAUTI rates reduced by 28.01%; the CLABSI rates declined by 37.61%, the SSI rates reduced by 62.39%, while the highest VAP rates were reported in November 2019 (1.9 per 1000 ventilator days). The hand hygiene compliance rates from January 2019 to December 2020 among different healthcare staffs showed a sharply rising trend. Conclusion: Covid-19 pandemic highlighted paramount importance regarding compliance to hand hygiene and implementation of standard infection control practices as recommended by World Health Organisation and Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), which can drastically reduce range of HAIs.

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“…The hand is therefore the most important route of infection transmission. For this reason, hand hygiene has been emphasized (5)(6)(7)(8).…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in referral hospitals: A case study from Southern Iran

Esfandiari,

Mahmoodi,

Seddigh

et al. 2023

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Background: Hand hygiene compliance is the simplest, the most important, and the most cost-effective way to prevent and reduce healthcare-associated infections. Its implementation requires adequate knowledge and awareness. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of hand hygiene among healthcare workers in referral hospitals of Bushehr province, southern Iran, in 2021. Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical survey of 205 medical staff. A stratified sampling technique was used to select the respondents. They completed the questionnaire, which included demographic information (age, gender, education, etc.) and questions in three sections to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical staff. Results: The results showed that the mean age of the population studied was 34.18 ± 7.15 years. Of these, 63.9% were female, most of the participants (80.0%) were married, nurses (66.8%), had a bachelor's degree (70.2%), and worked in the COVID-19 wards (51.7%). The mean scores for staff knowledge, attitude, and practice of hand hygiene among the staff were 7.7 ± 2.4 (from 0-12), 69.7 ± 7.1 (from 19-95) and 56.8 ± 9.1 (from 14-70), respectively, indicating relatively adequate knowledge among medical staff. In the non-COVID-19 wards, staff compliance with hand hygiene was higher than in the COVID-19 wards (P<0.001). There was a direct relationship between hand hygiene knowledge, attitude, and practice scores and education, gender, occupation, and type of employment (P value <0.05). Conclusion: Due to staff shortages in hospitals and overcrowding in emergency departments and wards such as COVID-19, hand hygiene is usually not practiced because staff believe that their duties of caring for patients are more important than cleaning their hands, or that wearing gloves instead of washing their hands is sufficient. Ongoing infection control education programs for healthcare workers, especially medical staff, are essential.

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Implementation of Infection Control Practices to Manage Hospital Acquired Infections

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The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nosocomial Infection Rate: A Case of Iran

The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nosocomial Infection Rate: A Case of Iran

Prevention of hospital-acquired infections

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in referral hospitals: A case study from Southern Iran

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