Educating Nursing Professionals about the Importance of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs)

Running head: NURSING
Educating Nursing Professionals about the importance of Hospital Acquired Infections
(HAIs)
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NURSING
Topic
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) is frequently occurring incidents under the
hospital settings which hampers the health and well-being of the patients by hampering the
overall process of disease progression (Lewis et al., 2013). It also increases the overall length
of hospital stay and cost of the treatment. The tendency of the hospital acquired infection is
mostly common among the groups of patients who are either immune-compromised or are
admitted in hospital with issues like respiratory tract infection, skin infection, wound care and
acute stroke. The common mode of hospital-acquired infection is urinary tract infection
caused by the Clostridium difficule, infection of the skin or respiratory tract by the
methiciline resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Lewis et al., 2013).
Rational of the topic
The rationale of the topic under the context of healthcare and the healthcare
professionals is not limited to the increase in the cost of care of the infections and increase in
the length of hospital stay. According to Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015), healthcare
professionals play an important role behind the rate of occurrence of hospital acquired
infection. Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) stated that contact contamination is the main
source behind the spread of the noscomial infection of HAIs among the patients. This contact
contamination arise from the touch of the contaminate hands, improper disposal of the
microbes infected materials like clothes, cottons and bandages, lack of proper sterilization of
the hospital equipments like the operational tools and lack of proper space or setup in the
hospital in order to keep the infection prone patients under isolated condition. In relation to
HAIs, Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) highlighted that the contact contamination coming
from the infected or unsterilized hands of the nursing professionals are the same source of the
hospital-acquired infection. Khan, Ahmad and Mehboob (2015) stated that proper observance