Healthcare-Associated infections are patients’ infections that happen when the patients are receiving treatments in a health care setting for health issues either medical or surgical condition. There are many places where healthcare-associated infections can happen such as hospital’s inpatient care, outpatient clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, nursing homes, end-stage renal disease facilities, and rehabilitation centers (Health.gov, 2016).
Types of Healthcare-Associated Infections
There are many types of healthcare-associated infections which are Central-Line Bloodstream infection (CLABS), Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Ventilator-associated …show more content…
Contamination of the medical, surgical instrument and equipment with microbiological agents lead to patient suffering of healthcare-associated infections. Northwestern Memorial Hospital has higher rates than the national average of CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI depending on my search in week 5 paper. Because of that we will focus on these infections to reduce healthcare-associated infections rate at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
The Solution to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
The CDC has many recommendations for healthcare-associated infections prevention depending on the type of the infection which are:
CAUTI Prevention
- Catheter insertion just if indicated
- Maintaining it just for the needed time
- Catheter insertion should be done by well-trained