World Congress on
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Biography:

Mahmoud Abed is currently working as a infection control coordinator (manager) nursing at Jordan college of Nursing

 

Abstract:

1. Guidline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection.

The human and financial costs of treating surgical site infections (SSIs) are increasing. The number of surgical procedures performed in the healthcare continues to rise, and surgical patients are initially seen with increasingly complex comorbidities. It is estimated that approximately half of SSIs are deemed preventable using evidence-based strategies.

This guideline is intended to provide new and updated evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of SSI and should be incorporated into comprehensive surgical quality improvement programs to improve patient safety.

2. CDC Guidline for Isolation Precautions

This updated guideline responds to changes in healthcare delivery and addresses new oncerns about transmission of infectious agents to patients and healthcare workers in the United States and infection control. The primary objective of the guideline is to improve the safety of the nation’s healthcare delivery system by reducing the rates of HAIs.

1. provide infection control recommendations for all components of the healthcare delivery system, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory care, home care and hospice;

2. reaffirm Standard Precautions as the foundation for preventing transmission during patient care in all healthcare settings;

3. reaffirm the importance of implementing Transmission-Based Precautions based on the clinical presentation or syndrome and likely pathogens until the infectious etiology has been determined.

4. provide epidemiologically sound and,whenever possible, evidence-based recommendations.

3. Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections.

This Guidline  is intended for use by infection prevention staff, healthcare epidemiologists,healthcare administrators, nurses, other healthcare providers, and persons responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating infection prevention and control programs for healthcare settings across the continuum of care. The guideline can also be used as a resource for societies or organizations that wish to develop more detailed implementation guidance for prevention of CAUTI.

    1. recommendations for who should receive indwelling urinary catheters (or, for certain populations, alternatives to indwelling catheters) .
2. recommendations for catheter insertion
3. recommendations for catheter maintenance.
4. quality improvement programs to achieve appropriate placement, care, and removal of catheters.
5. administrative infrastructure required.
6. surveillance strategies.

4. Guidline for Clostridium diffcile Infection Control Guidlines.

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes mild to severe diarrhea and intestinal conditions like inflammation of the colon. It is the most frequent cause of hospital acquired diarrhea.

Clostridium difficile spores persist for a long time in the environment. Transmission due to contaminated environmental sources and poor hand hygiene practices contribute to its spread within health care institutions.

This lecture outlines the practice of Routine Practices and Additional Precautions (RP/AP) in health care settings across the continuum of care  including, but not limited to, pre-hospital care, acute care, complex continuing care, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care, chronic care, ambulatory care and home health care.

The goal of Routine Practices and Additional Precautions is to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms in health care settings through:

1.  understanding the concepts of the chain of transmission.
2. understanding the concepts and application of Routine Practices (RP)
3. understanding barriers and enablers that affect compliance with Routine Practices
4. knowing why and when to use Additional Precautions (AP).
5.  using, applying and removing personal protective equipment correctly when indicated for the protection of the client/patient/resident or the staff member.