Background
The modern healthcare sector faces numerous challenges that result from the complexity of the environment and living conditions. Therefore, there are multiple attempts to align the gradual improvement of the state of the health and eliminate factors that could be found in hospitals, and that might result in the deterioration of the health of the nation. For this reason, patient safety and quality concerns acquire the top priority. However, poor sanitary conditions and disregard of the basic hygienic norms become the central aspects that cause healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and deteriorate final results and the image of a health unit.
In this regard, this sphere needs improvement because of its pernicious impact on outcomes and relations between patients and healthcare specialists. In accordance with the research, poor adherence to hand hygiene by nurses in hospitals and the low level of staff training are the central causes for HAI (Al Salman, Hani, de Marcellis-Warin, & Isa, 2015). In such a way, the implementation of the EBP approach to alter the situation and improve outcomes becomes an important task to reduce HAIs incidence. The fact that the improvement of final results can be observed in medical units where the sanitarian norms are observed serves as the rationale for these alterations (Al Salman et al., 2015). That is why the enhancement of the issue is critical for the further evolution of the healthcare sector, increased patients safety, and quality of care.
Rationale
As it has already been stated, poor hand hygiene among nurses in hospitals stipulates the emergence of numerous cases of HAIs among patients. It means that results of treatment become unsatisfactory and it is impossible to attain complete recovery. Under these conditions, observation of proper hand hygiene is an essential component to decrease the number of HAIs and improve the quality of care. By the statistics, the use of innovative practices along with the EBP approach promotes a significant decrease in the number of accidents and helps to avoid the further deterioration of the situation (Al Salman et al., 2015). For instance, electronic hygiene monitoring tool cultivates the enhanced sanitarian norms and significantly improves the situation (Kelly, Blackhurst, McAtee, & Steed, 2016). In such a way, the organizational change in the given sphere should be performed with the help of these innovations to improve the situation and outcomes.
Significance
Delving into the peculiarities of the needed change and EBP practice, Rogers change model could be applied to guarantee final results and attain significant improvement in the sphere. Therefore, it implies five stages that are awareness, interest, evaluation, implementation, and adoption (Kelly et al., 2016). Regarding the peculiarities of the electronic monitoring of hand hygiene, during the awareness stage, the way poor hygiene impacts HAI is investigated. Interest and evaluation stages are needed to promote the change and find the most appropriate ways to implement alterations. Finally, due to the implementation and adoption, all actions are focused on positive final results and cultivation of a new culture.
Change Theory
Altogether, numerous pieces of evidence prove the efficiency of the suggested EBP model and innovative approach to the improvement of hand hygiene as well as positive outcomes in the healthcare sector (Kelly et al., 2016). Edmisten et al. (2017) state that HAI is a topical problem, which means that the central aim of the change process is the elimination of causes that might result in the appearance of these issues and cultivation of the new environment characterized by the improved patients safety and the quality of the suggested care.
References
Al Salman, J. M., Hani, S., de Marcellis-Warin, N., & Isa, S. F. (2015). Effectiveness of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system on healthcare workers’ compliance to guidelines. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 8(2), 117-126.
Edmisten, C., Hall, C., Kernizan, L., Korwek, K., Preston, A., Rhoades, E., & Zygadlo, S. (2017). Implementing an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system: Lessons learned from community hospitals. American Journal of Infection Control, 45(8), 860-865.
Kelly, J. W., Blackhurst, D., McAtee, W., & Steed, C. (2016). Electronic hand hygiene monitoring as a tool for reducing health care–associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. American Journal of Infection Control, 44(8), 956-957.