Evidence Based Practice - Presentation

E V I D E N C E B A S E D
P R A C T I C E

REFLECTION
• I work in a local hospital in the US, located in the southern part of Boston,
where we provide a wide range of health services. There is an intensive
care unit, more than 30 inpatient rooms and we also provide an emergency
room. The health center has various health staffs ranging from physicians,
surgeons, nurse practitioners, cardiologists and nurses that together
collaborate to meet the needs of the patients, day by day. The hospital is
open six days a week operating 24-hour therefore it available for anybody
needing urgent health care services. We do not only offer family clinical
practice services, but specialty clinic services are also available where
patients can easily access to the cardiologist, orthopedic doctors, allergists,
dermatologists, occupational therapists, to name but a few. In case of need,
the clinical providers refer to these specialists and patients greatly benefit
from them.

PROBLEM
• Although the organization provides a variety of health services, there exists a big gap for
control of nosocomial infections within the health care units. Most of the patients in the
hospital are at risk of nosocomial infections due to the large number of patients admitted
per day with various complications within a small housing, various medical procedures
like surgery within the health hospital, medical staff’s movement, while the hospital lacks
inadequate sterilization of equipment for preventive measures (Khan , et.al 2017). The
hospital lacks effective antibiotic policies for antibiotic microbes, there is also poor
laboratory backup furthermore most clinicians are unaware of these infections. These
diseases reduce the chances of recovery of patients as well as risking their lives to other
complex disorders. Consequently, the infections prolong hospitalization duration,
increasing the cost of medical service to the patients. Since it is a parastatal health
organization, there is a need for government intervention to mitigate the issue