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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedMacEwan SR, Beal EW, Gaughan AA
Perspectives of hospital leaders and staff on patient education for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
The purpose of this study was to contribute to evidence of standardized approaches to educate patients about how they can prevent infections. The researchers explored the perspectives of hospital leaders and staff across 18 hospitals about patient education for device-related healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). A total of 471 interviews were conducted with key informants and analyzed to identify themes within the topic of preventing infection through patient education. The study found that the key informants identified CAUTI and CLABSI infection-prevention-specific patient education topics including: the necessity of hand hygiene, the importance of maintenance care, the risks of indwelling urinary catheters and central lines, and having the support to voice concerns. The study concluded that hospital leaders and staff identified patient education topics and ways to deliver the information that were important in the prevention of CAUTIs and CLABSIs, and can provide guidance on how patient education can be improved.
AHRQ-funded; HS024958.
Citation: MacEwan SR, Beal EW, Gaughan AA .
Perspectives of hospital leaders and staff on patient education for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2022 Sep;43(9):1129-34. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.271..
Keywords: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Prevention, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Masnick M, Morgan DJ, Sorkin JD
Lack of patient understanding of hospital-acquired infection data published on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Website.
This study assessed the interpretability of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) data as presented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare website among patients who might benefit from access to these data. It concluded that current public HAI data presentation methods may be inadequate. When presented with numeric HAI data, study participants incorrectly compared hospitals on the basis of HAI data in more than 40% of the responses.
AHRQ-funded; HS018111.
Citation: Masnick M, Morgan DJ, Sorkin JD .
Lack of patient understanding of hospital-acquired infection data published on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Website.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016 Feb;37(2):182-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.260.
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Keywords: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Literacy, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hospitals, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)