确定儿童门诊和手术护理机构的感染预防人员需求
Lindsay K Weir1, Jennifer A Ormsby1, Ana M Vaughan-Malloy1
1Infection Prevention and Control, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
American journal of infection control
|October 19, 2024
概括
现有的感染预防专家 (IP) 人员可能不足以应对复杂的儿科门诊环境. 需求评估显示,需要4.5个全职同等职位 (FTEs) 来管理当前的需求.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 预防和控制感染的预防和控制.
- 儿科医疗保健 儿科医疗保健
背景情况:
- 目前的感染预防专家 (IP) 人员比例可能无法充分解决非住院医疗机构的复杂性和范围.
- 儿科门诊和手术手术对感染预防和控制 (IPC) 提出了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 确定为儿科门诊和手术手术所需的当前感染预防专家 (IP) 人员水平.
- 评估这些环境中感染预防需求的复杂性和范围.
主要方法:
- 根据之前的研究进行了调整后的需求评估.
- 在门诊/手术场所的感染预防专家 (IPs) 被调查了临床复杂性和IPC活动所花费的时间.
- 进行了计算,以确定每周的IP小时和全职等效 (FTEs) 的总数.
主要成果:
- 超过一半的调查地点报告了至少一个复杂性指标.
- 近9%的地点报告了三个或更多的复杂性指标.
- 每周共有181个小时用于门诊/程序性IPC,相当于4.5个FTE.
结论:
- 调查结果支持该部门增加4个IP FTE.
- 增加的FTE将增强门诊/程序性IPC支持,监管准备以及质量改进.
- 评估复杂性和范围对于提倡增加人员数量和分配资源是有价值的.
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