Understanding Healthcare-Associated Infections and Their Impact

 
Infection
Control
 
Jan Mould, RN, BSN, MEd
HOSA – Future Health Professionals
 
Bell Ringer
 
You enter your science class and are given instructions to use lancet to break skin
on your finger for small blood sample.  You are then directed to pass the lancet to
the person behind you for their use.  There are 25 people in your class and two
lancets.
How would you respond?
 
Assignment:
 
Hospital Associated Infections
 
What does the author want us to know
about Healthcare-Associated Infections
(HAI’s)?
What does the author include as
intangible cost of HAI’s?
 
What does the author infer
regarding the cost of HAI’s in
relation to other medical
conditions?
 
EPIDEMIOLOGY – HOSA Competitive Event
 
THE EVENT
 
Assignment:
 
Go to hosa.org & click on competitive
events and in the dropdown box select
guidelines.  Under Emergency
Preparedness Events select
Epidemiology.  Scroll down the
guidelines to Rules & Procedures #4.
Click on the first CDC Website.
 
Questions
 
John Snow
 
What did the yellow flag indicate?
What tools did John Snow use to determine the cause of cholera?
What is the best defenses for combating for any disease outbreak?
Define in your own words what “public health” means.
 
The Crows (first video)
 
Why were the crows dying?
What condition was causing patients to be admitted to Flushing Hospital?
What did the investigators know and not know about the disease outbreak?
Whom did New York City public health workers interview when they began their
    investigation?
 
What questions did they ask?
 What did they suspect might be responsible for transmitting disease to the
         human population?
How did they come up with this idea?
What did the investigators do next to test their hypothesis?
(cont.)
 
The Crows (second video)
 
What evidence led investigators to conclude in mosquito was responsible for
transmitting the disease?
 
What convinced the CDC to reconsider its diagnosis?
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Explore the world of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through a series of informative visuals covering infection control, costs associated with HAIs, and insights into the economic burden as compared to other medical conditions. Delve into the epidemiology of HAIs and discover key aspects related to prevention and control strategies. Uncover valuable information to enhance your knowledge and promote better healthcare practices.


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  1. Infection Control

  2. Bell Ringer

  3. ACTUAL CASE

  4. Partnering to Heal PARTNERING TO HEAL The Training THE TRAINING Partnering to Heal

  5. Assignment:

  6. Hospital Associated Infections

  7. What does the author want us to know about Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI s)? What does the author include as intangible cost of HAI s?

  8. What does the author infer regarding the cost of HAI s in relation to other medical conditions?

  9. EPIDEMIOLOGY HOSA Competitive Event THE EVENT

  10. Assignment:

  11. Questions

  12. John Snow

  13. The Crows (first video)

  14. (cont.)

  15. The Crows (second video)

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