Desinfection Policy and Infections Associated with Healthcare in Neurologic Patients
Journal Title: Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics (JQHE) - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: The problems surrounding healthcare associated infections is a necessity of governments and in particular for each health center, which better guides prevention actions, control and continuous adjustment of disinfection policy according to hospital infection rates. Objectives: To demonstrate the trend of HAIs and key factors that influence their control, emphasizing the continuous adjustment of disinfection policies over a period of five years, establishing a forecast for the 2020-2022 triennium. Methods: a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study of the HAIs was carried out at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Cuba during the 2015-2019 five-year period, according to the disinfection policy and the actions carried out to raise the quality of the HAIs control program, calculating values forecasts through the least squares method. Results: during 2015-2019 rates of HAIs between 3.76 and 6.42 were maintained, with a prognostic estimate for the triennium 2020-2022 of a rate between 1.60 and 2.93, with a strong downward trend, maintaining the current mechanical and environmental disinfection policy established. Bacterium colonizations related to assisted mechanical ventilation prevailed in 34% of the patients and urinary tract infections in 25%, varying these data per year with a clear decrease of up to 18 percentage points according to the HAIs type. Conclusions: it is possible to implement a prospective in-hospital sepsis surveillance system in neurological patients, to increase the quality of the care process, establish prognoses and evaluate the impact of the disinfection policies used.
Authors and Affiliations
Lara Fernandez GE*, Rodriguez VB, Ariosa Acuna MC, Armas AP, Alonso Canino JE and Morales CV
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