Although often hidden from public attention, the very real endemic, the ongoing problem is one that no institution or country can claim to have solved, despite many efforts. 
 Hundreds of millions of patients are affected by healthcare-associated infections worldwide each year, leading to significant mortality and financial losses for health systems.

As per the World Health Organisation,

• Of every 100 hospitalized patients at any given time, 7 in developed and 10 in developing countries will acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection.
• While urinary tract infection is the most frequent healthcare-associated infection in high-income countries, surgical site infection is the leading infection in settings with limited resources, affecting up to one-third of operated patients; this is up to nine times higher than in developed countries.
• Newborns are at higher risk of acquiring healthcare-associated infection in developing countries, with infection rates three to 20 times higher than in high-income countries.

The main solutions and perspectives for improvement identified by WHO are:

• Identifying local determinants of the HAI burden.
• Improving reporting and surveillance systems at the national level.
• Ensuring minimum requirements in terms of facilities and dedicated resources available for HAI surveillance at the institutional level, including microbiology laboratories’ capacity.
• Ensuring that core components for infection control are in place at the national and healthcare setting levels.
• Implementing standard precautions, particularly best hand hygiene practices at the bedside.
• Improving staff education and accountability.
• Conducting research to adapt and validate surveillance protocols based on the reality of developing countries.
• Conducting research on the potential involvement of patients and their families in HAI reporting and control

Keeping this in mind, our nurse educator Ms. Manisha Saklani attempts to throw some spotlight on Healthcare-Associated Infections in this extensive module from the point of view of a Nurse and her pivotal role & responsibility in its prevention.

Note: The video is just a 3 minute peek into the full module on HAIs where Manisha talks about the definition, factors that increase the risk of HAIs and it’s various types. To get access to the full module on HAIs write to us at: info@bodhihealthedu.org

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Resources

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Wolters Kluwer Coronavirus Resources & Tools (COVID-19) for front-line clinicians and medical researchers
• McGraw-Hill Medical

Nursing Blog Posts

• Honoring Unsung Heroes: Home Health Nurses Lippincott NursingCenter, 5/11/20
• Creativity in the Era of COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 5/10/20
• Building a Healthier America: Transforming Health and Healthcare During and After a Pandemic Lippincott NursingCenter, 5/8/20
• Giving Meaning to Resilience during COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 5/6/20
• A Safety Paradox: Stay-at-Home Policies and Domestic Violence Risks AJN Off the Charts, 5/4/20
• Ten COVID-19 Pearls for Nurses Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/30/20
• A Message from Frontline Nurses: Let’s Keep the Real Enemy in Sight AJN Off the Charts, 4/29/20
• COVID-19 Guidance for your Specialty Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/28/20
• Contact Tracing: A Critical Component in Combatting COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/27/20
• Thinking about My Fellow Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/24/20
• Coronavirus Casting Environmental, Climate Issues Into Sharp Relief AJN Off the Charts, 4/22/20
• Cardiac arrest in patients with COVID-19: Reducing resuscitation risks Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 4/20/20
• The U.S. Still Can’t Manage COVID-19 Testing: Why Is This Such a Big Deal? AJN Off the Charts, 4/20/20
• Convalescent Plasma Therapy – Is it a Viable Treatment for COVID-19? Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/18/20
• COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here? AJN Off the Charts, 4/16/20
• Patient Education in the Time of COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/13/20
• Practicing the ABCDEs of Self-Care in Pandemic Times AJN Off the Charts, 4/13/20
• Teaming up for prone positioning Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 4/10/20
• COVID-19 – Not Your “Typical” ARDS Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/10/20
• Far from Home, a Flight Nurse Cares for One of COVID-19’s ‘Peripheral Victims’ AJN Off the Charts, 4/9/20
• Is COVID-19 Fueled by a Cytokine Storm? Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/8/20
• Preserving Integrity and Staying Power as a Nurse in a Pandemic AJN Off the Charts, 4/7/20
• Pregnancy and COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/6/20
• Adapting to Changes in Clinical & Educational Roles Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/3/20 
• As Conflicting Recommendations Sow Public Confusion, Nurses Still Lack Adequate PPE and Equipment AJN Off the Charts, 4/3/20
• Combating PPE Shortages on the Frontline Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 4/3/20
• Calculating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Severity Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/31/20
• COVID-19: On and On, A note from AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy AJN Off the Charts, 3/30/20
• In the Event of Turbulence, One Patient at a Time Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/29/20
• Stay Home, Stay Safe: Telehealth Virtually Brings Practitioners to Patients Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/27/20
• Moral Courage in a Pandemic: a 14th Century Physician and Health Care Workers Today AJN Off the Charts, 3/27/20
• Bringing back the team approach: It’s time for alternative staffing and onboarding models Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/26/20
• urviving Sepsis Campaign Releases COVID-19 Guidelines Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/25/20
• Deserted: Note from a Young ICU Nurse as COVID-19 Pandemic Intensifies in U.S.  AJN Off the Charts, 3/25/20
• Nurses and COVID-19: Into the Battle with All That We Have and All That We Lack AJN Off the Charts, 3/23/20
• COVID-19: What a New Study Says and Doesn’t Say About the Possibility of Airborne Transmission AJN Off the Charts, 3/20/20
• Exposed: When Healthcare Workers Become Infected with COVID-19 Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/19/20
• COVID-19: Who Among Us Is At Greatest Risk? Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/17/20
• Making Sense of Interim CDC Guidance on N95 vs. Surgical Masks for COVID-19 AJN Off the Charts, 3/13/20
• COVID-19: Is Your Facility Prepared to Stop the Spread? Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/12/20
• Pandemic or Epidemic? Isolation or Quarantine? Defining Terms related to COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/12/20
• If I Want to Wear a Face Mask to Prevent COVID-19, Why Shouldn’t I? AJN Off the Charts, 3/6/20 (updated 3/12/20)
• 5 Facts to Help Combat 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hype Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/5/20
• COVID-19: Rational Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/2/20
• COVID-19 for Nurses: Skip the Rumors and Stick to the Basics AJN Off the Charts, 2/28/20
• Coronavirus: Infection Prevention and Control Lippincott NursingCenter, 1/27/20
• As Another Coronavirus Begins to Spread, Follow Reasonable Precautions and Avoid Fear-Mongering AJN Off the Charts, 1/25/20
• Novel Coronavirus Information Center Elsevier, January 27, 2020 – Updated March 25, 2020

Podcasts

• Civility Mentor: Virtual Learning Experience for Nursing Students – Nurse Educator, 4/6/20
• Preparing Faculty for Online Teaching: FAST – Nurse Educator, 3/31/20
• Navigating the COVID-19 information overload with Linda Laskowski-Jones – Nursing2020, 4/15/20
• COVID-19 ARDS and Proning: Learning in Real Time – Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/14/20
• Care of Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Lippincott NursingCenter, 4/10/20
• Managing staff morale during the pandemic: A conversation with Linda Laskowski-Jones – Nursing Management, 4/8/20
• Expert Nurse Interview on COVID-19 Guidelines – Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/31/20
• Facing Moral & Ethical Dilemmas During COVID-19 – Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/29/20
• COVID-19: Alternative Staffing and Onboarding Models – Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/26/20
• The Nurse Practitioner Podcast: COVID-19 – 3/25/20
• COVID-19: High Risk Populations & Flattening the Curve – 3/19/20
• COVID-19: Terminology and Preparedness – 3/13/20
• COVID-19: Podcast with Dr. Lloyd Novick and Dr. John Marr – 3/12/20
• COVID-19: What Nurses Need to Know about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – 3/6/20

References

• Lippincott Nursing centre
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Wuhan, China.
• World Health Organization

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