Improving the Infection and Isolation Alarm Program: a Case Study
| Autor: | Min-Ju Nam, Young-Sook Moon, Hee-Ok Kim, Minsu Ock |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Quality Improvement in Health Care. 28:39-49 |
| ISSN: | 2288-078X 1225-7613 |
| DOI: | 10.14371/qih.2022.28.2.39 |
| Popis: | Purpose: The infection and isolation program used at a university hospital in A city was assessed and improved to provide medical staff with easy-to-understand information on isolation precautions and infectious diseases.Methods: Based on the results of the root cause analysis, the infection and isolation alarm computer program was improved. Subsequently, a survey was conducted with infection control leaders and unit managers (n=98) within the department to evaluate the degree of improvement.Results: The isolation registration and release procedures were simplified and unified to prevent confusion among the relevant departments. Additionally, the screen composition was improved so that various information related to infection can be easily accessed. After improvement in the program, the rate of isolation registration (53.0% to 100.0%, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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