Introduction
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are the main contributors to mortality and death and hospitals’ sickness rates. In recent years, there has been a success in the control of infections in the hospital setting. However, HCAI is one of the significant burdens facing the healthcare sector globally (Swanson, 2020). The public and the policymakers are also concerned about the ever-increasing rates of infections in medical facilities. The HCAI study used a qualitative data analysis method within an isolation section in two extensive health services in Wales in the United Kingdom. The study took 18 months, and it involved the patient safety framework and workshops with all the hospitals, including the health workers (Maria et al., 2018). Interviews with patients and their relatives or caregivers were also conducted and observations made in the isolation wards.
Discussion
The present study aimed at investigating how engaging the health workers in infection prevention care (IPC) principles and strategies would inform and shape patient safety in health facilities. The research is in the context of an admission hospital setting and isolation surgical ward (Maria et al., 2018). The study aims to understand how health workers own and employ IPC and how the IPC nursing teams do their work when challenges arise in their duties.
Study Participants
The patients were discharged four to eight weeks before the senior hospital staff identified the study. The study ensured that there was a diversity of the subjects to make the investigations reliable. Other respondents were the hospitals responsible for patient safety and IPC (Maria et al., 2018). Other participants included the ward staff that spent most of the time attending to patients in the isolation and admission units.
Data Analysis
The primary data collected involved case study analysis, interviews, discussions, and Manchester Patient Safety Framework (MaPSaF) Workshops that were transcribed and anonymously saved (Swanson, 2020). The notes that were written from observations were proofread anonymously and saved as well. The data set was obtained from MaPSaF, and the case studies were stored electronically in a shared database. The data was evaluated and analyzed using computer-aided recommended qualitative software. Different themes were created to identify and save the data in an organized and comprehensive way (Maria et al., 2018). In describing the relationship between the patients’ safety and IPC, the analysis was done on a ward per ward basis.
Methods and Design
The investigation involved nurses and other healthcare professionals under the IPC. The first step in data collection entailed adopting a qualitative design that incorporated the MaPSaF, which was to help in the observation of the patient safety culture in the isolation rooms. The case investigation entailed collecting secondary data through case studies, using semi-structured qualitative interviews and some periods of observation (Maria et al., 2018). These qualitative study strategies were employed to get a detailed comprehension of the experience from the viewpoint of all the stakeholders in the health sector.
To make this study valid and reliable, interviews were conducted as observations continued in the hospital rooms. The initial data analysis took place concurrently with the collection of data. The case study involved two inpatient rooms within the medical, surgical, and admission units. Therefore six wards in the two medical facilities were observed to unravel the hospital characteristics that might impact the safety culture and the IPC (Maria et al., 2018). The wards were chosen after consulting with the senior medical facility staff. Observations were conducted on the public areas of these two units without any infringement of the patients’ rights.
Best Practice
Nursing best practices entail giving quality care to patients to mitigate the effects of hospitalization. Service excellence contributes to the efficiency of the nursing profession, leading to good outcomes for the patients. The article under study deals with nursing best practices because it investigates how patient infections can be controlled and prevented by healthcare workers (Rout, 2020). Giving patients the best possible care so that reinfection does not occur is one of the healthcare sector’s fundamental requirements. If nurses and other healthcare workers do not adopt the practices, the quality of care will be compromised. The research findings showed that effective implementation of the IPC and its innovations and implementing a safety culture in hospitals would improve healthcare services (Maria et al., 2018). Gaining knowledge and understanding of the change of culture in the hospital setting will help provide improved healthcare.
Conclusion
The research findings indeed supported the conclusions about infection prevention and care. The IPC study showed that nurses and other healthcare professionals need to gain knowledge on how to implement the IPC so that the quality of services offered to the patients can be improved. When nurses offer their best in ensuring that patients recover, it is a distinguished practice since it improves patient outcomes.
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