Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections

[Patty41]

Originally Posted by thehipcrip

On my first remark that she needed to wash her hands, she asked me if I was going to buy her hand lotion because washing her hands made them too dry.

she went off on a rant that included a lecture that she was a hundred times more likely to 'catch something nasty' from me than I am from her. I promptly reported her to doctor who directed the ER, who just happened to be on duty that night.

There is no excuse for patients needing to educate medical professionals about the need for hand hygiene and monitor their compliance with it.

I sincerely hope this nurse was disciplined severely for her actions. As you say--there is NO excuse for this type of inappropriate behavior. If soft, pretty hands is her priority, over the health and well being of her patients, she needs to be fired so she can sit at home and lotion her hands all day. I'd report that kind on non-sense to her board of nursing. Even if she denies the statement, your statement will be part of the public record of her being investigated. Then, if in the future, a similar complaint is alleged, the board will be required to, at the very least, reprimande her license, which too will be available for the public to view. As a nurse, I don't want to see any health care provider unjustly accused of wrong doing, but the board is a powerful tool when a serious and willful violation has been committed.

[t8burst]

Patty this thread is almost 2 years old. It popped up in new posts because of a spam posting.

[Patty41]

Originally Posted by t8burst

Patty this thread is almost 2 years old. It popped up in new posts because of a spam posting.

LoL..thanks t8burst!! Certainly, I need to pay more attention to the dates on the items I'm responding to. Thanks again!!

[JakeHalsted]

1. ALWAYS take garlic supplement if you are in a hospital at any time for any reason.
2. NEVER catheterize in a hospital or a doctor's office if you aren't a patient. If you must stay for a procedure, request a profolactic anti-biotic.

How to avoid them? MUST you go to a doctor or hospital or whatever? Wet your pants. It's better than a God damn hospital infection, believe you me

[metronycguy]

Originally Posted by ekephart

My son contracted a UTI (club ciela(sp?)) k

klebsiella pneumoniae i think i s what you meant , i know it was a long time ago , but i got it and am worried about doinf PIE as much as i should since i don't know a good disinfectant for it, and doing pie by myself, things get contaminated. i wear 3 or 4 pairs of gloves so i can remove a contaminated pair, but bathroom furniture ,light switches , take like 20 minutes before it works, 15 to 30 seconds for e coli hiv,one of the flue's, .
i remember when i was having my spinal cord stil re-positioned for like the 6 or 7 time, i was awake , and the doctor said its a known thing in the OR , the longer open, the bigger chance of infection.
so i guess it is in the air . You would think they could fog the ER between patients , and do a total air change.
Or run swabs and test to see if there is a bacteria floating around.

[rollingpixv2]

All I can add is to watch EVERYONE, and not to be afraid to speak up if your uncomfortable. If you see something and don't speak up you have no one to blame but yourself.

Originally Posted by SCI-Nurse

Many studies have shown that the #1 method most important for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections (often drug resistant) is consistent and effective hand hygiene on the part of caregivers and visitors. The CDC is encouraging hospitals to show this short film (or podcast) to all patients admitted to the hospital (which is what we are doing now where I work). It is also applicable to family, agency, or PCA caregivers in your home.

Take the time now to look at it now:

http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/Patie...ion_Video.html

(KLD)

[metronycguy]

i just saw that c-diff, , can live on hospital furniture for 2 weeks and even on hands of hospital employees for 2 weeks. to top it off , many of the germicides that state they kill the pathogen or bacteria whichever is correct, do not , and are not effective. To make it even worse they were giving the companies 5 years to correct their labeling.i received that from the FDA list or pub med list a couple days ago.,
It was bad enough that few people flowed the directions and let the surface remain wet for 5 minutes to kill the stubborn ones, now finding out that those that did follow the directions, may have still been working with contaminated area., when i gt home i will post the article.