How to prevent acquired infections to prevent readmissions?

 

Acquired infections form a large share of patients who are admitted to a hospital within a month of discharge. There are several other causes of hospital readmissions including lack of proper care at home due to the incorrect use of medications, improper lifestyle, and dietary habits, and so on.

Infections of the catheter, IV-line, central line, or Ryle’s tube, and bedsores can also increase the need for hospital readmission.

This can put a huge burden on the healthcare expenditure of the state, especially when Medicare has to pay for the expenses of hospitalization. It also creates more strain on the physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners who have to put in extra efforts due to the increase in the number of hospital readmissions.

Hence, there is a need to understand how to prevent acquired infections so that patients do not develop serious complications at home after discharge and do not require rehospitalization.Preventing UTIs due to catheters is highly recommended in this regard.

A urinary tract infection (UTI) can occur in any part of the urinary system such as the urethra, bladder, kidneys, or ureters. UTIs have been found to be the commonest healthcare-associated infections.

Among UTIs that have been acquired in hospitals, nearly 75% of the cases are associated with urinary catheters. Also, nearly 15 to 25% of patients admitted to a hospital receive urinary catheters during a hospital stay. And a large number of these patients are advised to continue having the catheter in place even after discharge.

However, improper care of the catheter, or not changing it frequently as recommended can increase the risk of infections. In most cases, this requires rehospitalization.

Nurses can help patients avoid the risk of UTIs and the resulting readmission by training them about how to take care of it.

Now you have an opportunity to learn more about how to train patients to prevent UTIs in home care settings to reduce readmissions. Attend the ‘2 NURSING CONTACT HOUR LIVE WEBINAR ON REDUCING READMISSIONS AND THE ETHICAL CHALLENGES’ on 14th October 2020 at 6 pm.

The nursing webinars2020 are conducted by ATECAM LLC, an approved provider of NCPD (Nursing Continuing Professional Development) by the Nurses Association Approver Unit in the Pennsylvania State.

The nursing contact hours online will be awarded after attending the webinar even for nurses outside of Pennsylvania.

This webinar is aimed at educating nurses about the common challenges faced by them while working in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We will focus on issues like the high rate of hospital readmission, which is considered a key quality measure of healthcare services given it represents potentially preventable adverse consequences. You will also learn about the other common causes of hospital readmissions and effective ways to prevent them.

 You will get an opportunity to talk to our panel of expert physicians and ask questions.

Join the webinar to learn how to overcome the common challenges faced by nurses and healthcare practitioners due to hospital readmissions and ethical issues posed due to unaffordable diagnostic methods.


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