CAUTI

Nursing: CAUTI

Catheter associated urinary tract infection:

Infection control and universal precautions

Introduction

The principle of infection control is that it is becoming increasingly important in hospitals and medical institutions. This is primarily because of the hardships and suffering that it causes a patient who acquired infection while in hospital, but also because it brings value to our already funded from hospital stays and increased health care workers of the disease.

Discussion: Infection control

The paper will discuss the major infection control and demonstrate the effectiveness of techniques such as hand washing and universal precautions will determine its relevance. One of the major infections acquired in hospitals, urinary tract infections will also be explored and, referring to relevant research paper will explore its preventability.

For some, infection control is the latest buzzword in the medical wards, but its value is more than one window. Hospital Infections (HAI), which are the result of poor infection control by about 10% in the UK, to date there are no exact figures for Ireland, but he felt the same (Rogers, 2000). According to Rizzo (1999), HAI, usually one that first comes three days after the patient is admitted to the hospital. They are also called nosocomial infections. Germany is somewhat different for the occurrence of nosocomial infections, because they had a coherent strategy in hospital hygiene in 1976, which resulted in low levels of infection among patients compared with the rest of Europe (for example, in Germany 3.5% France 6.7%, UK 10%) (Exner, Hartemann and Kistemann, 2001). It is because of infection control that from the early 20 th century, life expectancy increased by more than 30 years along with the quality of life. The main reasons for these results to improve the economic status of the population, housing and home environment, nutrition, education, motivation for personal hygiene, the centralized water supply and sanitation, the presence of high vaccine and the discovery of new drugs (Exner et al, 2001).

As mentioned earlier, since the beginning of the century people have been impressive results in increasing life expectancy, but according to Exner et al (2001), "after the eradication of smallpox led to the conviction that the book of infectious diseases can be closed. Systematic reduction of the institutional infrastructure began and awareness of the risks of infectious diseases among the population decreased.

Unfortunately, since the eradication of smallpox, new pathogens have emerged, such as HIV, AIDS, MRSA, hepatitis A and B, diseases that were once under control, now reappeared, such as tuberculosis. Human behavior has also changed especially in the sexual life, once dominated by the existence of monogamy stopped and more people are becoming more diverse, leading to the spread of STDs / STIs such as syphilis. All this is represented in our hospitals with the huge task of controlling these infections and prevent their spread to other patients and healthcare workers.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), that antibiotic-resistant organisms are being made part of both hospitals and nursing homes as a result of improper use of antibiotics, poor hygiene, such as Ward design, lack of ...