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Important Measures To Prevent The Spread Of Infection Research Paper

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Taking Important Measures to Prevent the Spread of Infections
Marie F. Alusma
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 224 Fundamentals
October 4, 2015
Professor Aniekwe

Taking Important Measures to Prevent the Spread of Infections There are many infections that are spreading from one person to another that could have been prevented if the public really take charge of their health when seeing unhealthy practices that could potentially harm their health status. The Joint Commission launched a program in March 2002 called Speak Up patient safety program that has resources through brochures, videos, podcast, and other materials to help patients promote their own safety by taking charge of their health care. Among the brochures available, …show more content…

The “If you are sick, avoid close contact with others” section inform patients, especially health care providers to stay away from other people or stay home when they are sick to prevent the people they come in close contact with from getting sick. It also instructs patients who are sick to call their health care providers prior to their appointment to ask for protocols to go by to avoid infecting others in the waiting room area (www.jointcommission.org). The last section talks about the importance of vaccination and its prevention of certain diseases such as Measles, Mumps, Chicken Pox, Hepatitis, and the Flu. It encourages patients and health care providers to get vaccinated and making sure that vaccinations are current by contacting their doctor to prevent the spread of infections …show more content…

The pictures that were incorporated in each section give a visualization of what each section is about, and what to do in each situation; even a child or illiterate person can have an idea what the brochure is all about (www.jointcommission.org). This topic interests me because hand hygiene and infection control as a whole, have great importance in my daily life. Since health care-associated infections (HAIs) result from the delivery of health services in a health care facilities, as a nursing student this information will help me to be more aware to always maintain infection control when providing care to my patients to prevent the spread of infections (Potter, 2013).
The information on the brochure was very beneficial, and I applaud the Joint Commission for coming up with such initiative to encourage patients to take control of their health by speaking up whenever they feel like their health status is in jeopardy or being compromised, and by doing so, it will in turn increase their safety. I will definitely incorporate this information in the education I will provide to my patients to empower them into taking control of their health. The information was presented clearly, and all individuals can benefit from

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