Infection Control Matters27 Okt 2021

Fundamental and missed care impacts on healthcare-associated infection with Prof Heather Loveday

In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Prof Heather Loveday, Director of the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London about an lecture recently given at the 2021 IPS Conference. The topic discussed centres on the role that fundamental care has in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and the impact of 'missed' care.

Papers for futher reading on these topics are listed below.

Journal of Clinical Nursing special issue on fundamental care: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652702/2018/27/11-12

Richards, DA, Hilli, A, Pentecost, C, Goodwin, VA, Frost, J. Fundamental nursing care: A systematic review of the evidence on the effect of nursing care interventions for nutrition, elimination, mobility and hygiene. J Clin Nurs. 2018; 27: 2179– 2188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14150 Vollman KM. Interventional patient hygiene: discussion of the issues and a proposed model for implementation of the nursing care basics. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2013 Oct;29(5):250-5. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2013.04.004. Epub 2013 Jun 6. PMID: 23746440. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964339713000414?via%3Dihub Interventional patient hygiene model: Infection control and nursing share responsibility for patient safety Maryanne McGuckin, Dr. ScEd, MT(ASCP), Arlene Shubin, Marianne Hujcs, RN, MSN DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2007.01.010 Recio-Saucedo A, Dall'Ora C, Maruotti A, Ball J, Briggs J, Meredith P, Redfern OC, Kovacs C, Prytherch D, Smith GB, Griffiths P. What impact does nursing care left undone have on patient outcomes? Review of the literature. J Clin Nurs. 2018 Jun;27(11-12):2248-2259. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14058. Epub 2017 Oct 16. PMID: 28859254; PMCID: PMC6001747. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jocn.14058

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