在CT中预防和控制感染 第一部分:澳大利亚对角色,责任和实践的研究
D Abu Awwad1, S Hill1, S Lewis1
1Faculty of Medicine and Health, Discipline of Medical Imaging Science, Susan Wakil Health Building (D18), Western Avenue, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, USA.
Radiography (London, England : 1995)
|November 30, 2023
概括
计算机断层扫描 (CT) 套件存在感染风险. 澳大利亚的放射科医生和护士依靠同事来获取感染控制信息,公共和私人环境之间的实践有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 预防和控制感染的预防和控制.
- 放射学技术 辐射技术
背景情况:
- 计算机断层扫描 (CT) 套件对医疗保健专业人员和患者都有重大感染预防和控制 (IPC) 风险.
- 这项研究是两部分系列的第一部分,在CT环境中检查IPC,重点是澳大利亚基线数据.
研究的目的:
- 报告澳大利亚基线数据,涉及静脉注射对比剂的使用和CT套房中功率注射器的使用.
- 确定用于对比介质传递和感染控制实践的知识来源.
- 为IPC教育策略和CT环境中的风险映射提供决策信息.
主要方法:
- 一项在线调查分发给澳大利亚各地的放射科医生和放射科护士.
- 该调查收集了关于CT工作场所人员,设备,对比介质使用,职业角色以及感染控制和电源注入器使用的信息来源的数据.
主要成果:
- 160名参与者 (138名放射科医生,22名护士) 完成了调查,揭示了公共和私人实践之间的差异.
- 公立医院使用双注射器系统进行了更多的对比增强扫描,由放射科医生和护士一起操作.
- 放射科医生和护士主要使用同事和产品指南来提供IPC信息;IPC团队在公共场合很常见,但在私人诊所很少见,50%的患者最近接受了IPC培训.
结论:
- 了解用功率注射器注射静脉对比剂的专业人员的实践和职责,对于开发有效的IPC教育策略至关重要.
- 这些发现突出了针对性干预措施的领域,以减轻CT套房中的IPC风险.
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