Leaven, L.T. (2015). Improving Hospital Laboratory Performance: Implications for Healthcare Managers. Hospital Topics, 93(2), 19-26 doi: 10. 1080/00185868.2015.1052267
The Oxford University book highlights the problems with lying prostrate for long periods of time while being in the hospital. As how it increases your chance for sepsis, which is the widespread of bacteria throughout the entire body. Commonly is Pneumonia in older patients whom are restricted to the bed after surgery or other illness, especially if always lying prostrate on their back. When he enforced their thorough washing, the maternal mortality fell from 9.9% to 1.3%.” showing the first time sepsis was first truly noticed. This article talks about the negative effects of staying prostrate for long periods of time in the hospital and the increase of infection that has been confirmed. Which I will use to support my ideas for improvements in patient care.
LYING-IN-HOSPITALS. (2001) Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine 477
The Oxford University book highlights the problems with lying prostrate for long periods of time while being in the hospital. As how it increases your chance for sepsis, which is the widespread of bacteria throughout the entire body. Commonly is Pneumonia in older patients whom are restricted to the bed after surgery or other illness, especially if always lying prostrate on their back. “In 1846 when working at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Semmelweiss noted that the maternal mortality in the ward attended by students was far higher than in that staffed by nurses. He suspected the difference was due to the students coming directly from the dissection room and infecting the parturient women they examined.This is from the Oxford University which is a world renowned leading medical university known for both its research and excellent care. This article talks about the negative effects of staying prostrate for long periods of time in the hospital and the increase of infection that has been confirmed. Which I will use to support my ideas for improvements in patient care.
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Simpsons SQ, Peterson DA, O’Brien-Ladner Ar. Development and Implementation of an ICU Quality Improvement Checklist, AACN Adv Crit Care, 2007
This article covers the improvements made in ICU care, the main thing that has allowed a decrease in fatalities was implementing a checklist for nurses and other personnel who interact with the patient. “The checklist augments our daily, multidisciplinary quality rounds and informs all personnel when important items have been missed.” This article is highly reliable for it came from the National Institute of Health’s Website and is an approved peer reviewed journal. I will use this article to help me, think of other possible ways to improve patient care and to use examples of ways that patient care has already been improved.
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