Mobilising for safer care: addressing structural barriers to reducing healthcare-associated infections in Vancouver, Canada

Zuberi, Daniyal; Ptashnick, Melita; Collet, Jun Chen; Lau, Tim T Y; Mirzanejad, Yazdan; Thomas, Eva

doi:10.1080/14461242.2015.1004799

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“…Similarly, an infection control nurse in a long-term care facility had to request for an appropriate educational program. [19][20][21] In South Korea, depending on the hospital size, there is a considerable disparity in human resources, physical environment, finances, the establishment of patient safety culture, and the degree of preparation for implementing the legalities related to PSMs. 22 There is an urgent need to develop specialized educational materials and training programs for PSMs that are applicable to SMHs.…”

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“…Participants also faced difficulties in using educational materials, as it did not match SMHs’ needs. Similarly, an infection control nurse in a long-term care facility had to request for an appropriate educational program 19–21 . In South Korea, depending on the hospital size, there is a considerable disparity in human resources, physical environment, finances, the establishment of patient safety culture, and the degree of preparation for implementing the legalities related to PSMs 22 .…”

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Working Experience of Managers Who Are Responsible for Promoting and Monitoring Patient Safety in South Korea: Focusing on Small- and Medium-Sized Hospitals

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Objectives: This study explored the working experience of patient safety managers (PSMs) in small-and medium-sized hospitals (SMHs).Methods: A qualitative study comprising 3 focus group discussions (6 people each) was conducted. Patient safety managers working in SMHs-hospitals with 100 to 300 beds-were included. Researchers analyzed the transcribed script, and a conventional content analysis was performed to describe PSMs' working experience.Results: All the PSMs were nurses and with an average (SD) work experience of 1.51 (1.02) years. Five core themes and 17 subthemes were derived. The PSMs reported that it was difficult to perform patient safety tasks alone and cooperate with other departments. Because of members who did not acknowledge PSMs' authority as experts, PSMs experienced identity confusion. Lack of an established patient safety culture in SMHs hindered the PSMs from performing patient safety-related duties. The government continues to train PSMs and provide materials; however, they are not suitable for SMHs and thus cannot be used. The PSMs hoped to overcome the system's initial phase and become professionals.Conclusions: Patient safety managers faced difficulties because of the lack of guidelines, training, and systems. Nevertheless, they have attempted to overcome these problems themselves, so they can be recognized as professionals. This study's findings can be used as basic data to provide differentiated support for PSMs, based on hospital size.

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Working Experience of Managers Who Are Responsible for Promoting and Monitoring Patient Safety in South Korea: Focusing on Small- and Medium-Sized Hospitals

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Occupation-related airborne diseases: Management and prevention of tuberculosis among nurses working in Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital

Olorunfemi,

Samuel,

Adebiyi

et al. 2023

Journal of Integrative Nursing

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Objective: More health workers die from infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) than from any other infectious agent, so the current study is designed to assess TB treatment and preventive measures as they relate to nursing care practice. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 82 nurses from December 2022 to January 2023. The data were collected through a self-developed questionnaire and analyzed by frequency table and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics. Results: The researchers found that nurses have sufficient knowledge on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) policy, but not all nurses follow this management protocol, and the reason for their action is addressed in this study. The management and preventive measures used by the participants were identified as: proper cough etiquette/hygiene, working in a well-ventilated area, use of mask, appropriate disposal of used items and so on was reported. Moreover, this study also discovered that there is a positive correlation between nurses who had received training in IPC policy and their use of airborne preventive measures for TB patients (F = 1.87, P = 0.002) as well as a positive correlation between the availability of resources and their adherence to the proper use of airborne preventive measures when caring for TB patients (F = 1.96, P < 0.001). Conclusion: We proposed infection and control training for nurses and adequate equipment supplies to the TB ward which are required in quick TB diagnosis, and must be carried out on a regular basis by health-care personnel, for efficient nursing practice. Ensuring proper safety equipment and isolation units should be available and assessable for nurses or other health workers showing sign or symptoms of TB. Similarly, it is necessary for government to put in place the control and regulations that will safeguard nurses and mandate them to adopt TB prevention protocols, which will aid in lowering the prevalence of TB among nurses.

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Mobilising for safer care: addressing structural barriers to reducing healthcare-associated infections in Vancouver, Canada

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

Working Experience of Managers Who Are Responsible for Promoting and Monitoring Patient Safety in South Korea: Focusing on Small- and Medium-Sized Hospitals

Working Experience of Managers Who Are Responsible for Promoting and Monitoring Patient Safety in South Korea: Focusing on Small- and Medium-Sized Hospitals

Occupation-related airborne diseases: Management and prevention of tuberculosis among nurses working in Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital

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