Progressive Evidence Based Practice Project:Hospital-Acquired Infections

Hospital-Acquired Infections
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Hospital-Acquired Infections
Progressive, Evidence-Based Practice Project (PEBPP) includes all Clinical expertise, research information, and patient preferences. EBPP is a problem-solving paradigm that assists nurses in providing high-quality health care (Geerlings, 2016). It also provides adequate evidence for nurses to make informed judgments in their practice. Because technology and lifestyle have transformed the healthcare industry, nurses often benefit from assessing research to better comprehend and implement new procedures in their approach. The project’s primary goal is to evaluate and investigate hospital-acquired illnesses. Infections obtained in a hospital setting, particularly after surgery or long-term care, are known as healthcare-acquired infections. Pathogens, viruses, SSI (surgical site infection), and UTI (urinary tract infection) are the most common causes of infections (Geerlings, 2016).
In infections acquired in hospitals, patients develop nosocomial infections due to therapy procedures for homeopathic or invasive diseases. HAIs occur in many healthcare settings, including surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and long-term care institutions. HAIs can affect any hospitalized patient, although some are at a higher risk than others. Young children, the elderly, and patients with chronic diseases with weakened immune systems are the most vulnerable (Walji et al., 2021). Extensive hospital stays, poor cleanliness procedures, unlicensed and unregulated antibiotic administration, and the use of indwelling catheters are all factors that predispose patients to nosocomial infections. In addition, practitioners, patients, infirmary equipment, and interventional methods can all spread nosocomial diseases. HAIs are commonly transmitted through the circulation, lungs, urinary system, and surgical lacerations. Nosocomial infections are most common 48 hours after admission or thirty days after surgery.
Significance of the Problem
Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), commonly referred to as nosocomial infections, are illnesses acquired when a patient is undergoing medical or surgical treatment. Infections linked to healthcare HAIs are a leading cause of morbidity and death in hospitalized patients. In addition, these infections’ direct and indirect expenses diminish the already scarce financial resources available for healthcare delivery (Walji et al., 2021). In South African hospitals, one out of every seven patients is at risk of contracting an HAI. Most HAIs are caused by post-surgical infections, bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and lower respiratory tract infections.
Antibiotics are used indiscriminately and inappropriately, resulting in the selection of antimicrobial-resistant microbes. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), HAIs (health-acquired infections) kill at least 99,000 people in the United States each year (Ashley et al., 2020). Urinary tract infections are the most common HAI, accounting for more than 30% of hospital fatalities in the United States. Thus, HAIs are a substantial high-cost burden in clin...