Hand Hygeine
Reflecting upon the journal article; Impact of a multi-faceted training intervention on the improvement of hand hygiene and gloving practices in four healthcare settings including nursing homes, acute-care geriatric wards and physical rehabilitation units, the main points I learned from the study is the importance of hand hygiene and gloving practices in a healthcare setting and also the realization that improvement is well needed and crucial for the safety and health of patients and healthcare workers. The study performed was “a direct observational before–after study of HH compliance and gloving practices was conducted over two weeks for both the baseline and the post-intervention phases, with the two phases separated by one year. A multi-faceted training was provided to healthcare workers between those two phases” (Brunel et al., 2011, p. 2745).
The article pertains to practice in the Simlife Center through the fact that we should practice techniques such as gloving and hand hygiene methods in simulation so that we get in the habit of doing the proper procedures which prepares us to do them in the real hospital. The article states, “it has been demonstrated that clinical simulations could lead to effective learning” (Brunel et al., 2011, p. 2748). Therefore, practicing in simulation will better educate us and gives us the opportunity to make these procedures a habit so that infection will be reduced once we start putting our habits into play when working with real patients.
The article not only taught me about self-protection through gloving and hand hygiene, but also taught me the importance of doing so for the patient’s protection since it “reinforced the understanding that the lack of HH at the time of leaving the patient’s room constitutes a major risk of microorganism cross-transmission from one patient to another” (Brunel et al., 2011, p. 2748). Inability to follow proper safety precautions due to lack of knowledge or for any other reason puts patients
The article pertains to practice in the Simlife Center through the fact that we should practice techniques such as gloving and hand hygiene methods in simulation so that we get in the habit of doing the proper procedures which prepares us to do them in the real hospital. The article states, “it has been demonstrated that clinical simulations could lead to effective learning” (Brunel et al., 2011, p. 2748). Therefore, practicing in simulation will better educate us and gives us the opportunity to make these procedures a habit so that infection will be reduced once we start putting our habits into play when working with real patients.
The article not only taught me about self-protection through gloving and hand hygiene, but also taught me the importance of doing so for the patient’s protection since it “reinforced the understanding that the lack of HH at the time of leaving the patient’s room constitutes a major risk of microorganism cross-transmission from one patient to another” (Brunel et al., 2011, p. 2748). Inability to follow proper safety precautions due to lack of knowledge or for any other reason puts patients