Bacterial colonization due to increased nurse workload in an intensive care unit

Abstract

The risk of nosocomial infection development in an intensive care unit is directly correlated with increased nurse workload, applied intervention, and length of stay. Understaffing in the intensive care unit is an important health problem that especially affects care-needing patients. Nosocomial infection development has laid a heavy burden on the economy of many countries. To control nosocomial infection development in the intensive care unit, nurse workload, staffing level, and working conditions must be arranged.

Nursing workload and occurrence of adverse events in intensive care: a systematic review

“…Bacterial colonization due to increased nurse workload in an intensive care unit (26) Determine the possible association between the risk of hospital-acquired infections and increasing the daily workload of nursing staff…”

“…However, all of the research in this review has included at least 50% of the items. Of the eight studies included in the review, three (37.5%) were carried out in Brazil (23)(24)(25) and two (25.0%) in Turkey (21,26) . Chile (19) , Slovenia (20) , and Belgium (22) contributed with one study each (12.5%).…”

“…The searches were performed between 2000 and 2013 and published between 2005 and 2015 in English (20,22,24) , Spanish (19) , Portuguese (25) or in all three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese (21,26) . A total of six studies (75.0%) were published in international journals (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) and two (25.0%) in national journals (25)(26) .…”

“…A total of six studies (75.0%) were published in international journals (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) and two (25.0%) in national journals (25)(26) . There has been a higher percentage of prospective studies (75.0%) (19)(20)(21)(23)(24)(25) , especially of the cohort type (19)(20)(23)(24)(25) .…”

“…There has been a higher percentage of prospective studies (75.0%) (19)(20)(21)(23)(24)(25) , especially of the cohort type (19)(20)(23)(24)(25) . Retrospective investigations were performed less frequently (25.0%) (22,26) . Chart 4 shows that the sample analyzed in the searches ranged from 79 to 970 patients in the ICU (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26) .…”