Infection Prevention for the Emergency Department : Out of Reach or Standard of Care? - 07/10/18
, Madison Riethman, MPH, CPH c, Josephine Fox, MPH, RN, CIC dRésumé |
The emergency department (ED) presents unique challenges to infection control and prevention. Hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, environmental cleaning, high-level disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical devices, and prevention of health care–associated infections (catheter-associated urinary tract infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line–associated bloodstream infection) are key priorities in ED infection prevention. Effective and sustainable infection prevention strategies tailored to the ED are necessary and achievable. Emergency clinicians can and already play an invaluable role in infection prevention.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Infection prevention, Hand hygiene, Environmental cleaning, Central line–associated bloodstream infection, Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, Ventilator-associated pneumonia, Emergency department
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| Disclosure Statement: S.Y. Liang reports no conflicts of interest in this work. S.Y. Liang is the recipient of a KM1 Comparative Effectiveness Research Career Development Award (KM1CA156708-01) and received support through the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program (UL1RR024992) of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences as well as the Barnes-Jewish Patient Safety & Quality Career Development Program, which is funded by the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. |
Vol 36 - N° 4
P. 873-887 - novembre 2018 Retour au numéro
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