感染预防和控制响应和升级框架:评估和应用超越流行病
Kathy Dempsey1, Susan Jain1, Patricia Bradd2
1Infection Prevention and Control and HAI, Clinical Excellence Commission, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
American journal of infection control
|November 9, 2024
概括
COVID-19感染预防和控制 (IPAC) 框架是医疗保健专业人员管理与大流行有关的指导的宝贵工具. 这一框架有效地支持与传播风险一致的IPAC战略,帮助医疗保健机构.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 传染病控制和控制传染病
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,感染预防和控制 (IPAC) 建议需要迅速适应.
- 临床医生保持更新的能力受到IPAC指南频繁变化的挑战.
- COVID-19 IPAC应对和升级框架 (IPAC框架) 是为了在新南威尔士 (NSW) 的医疗保健环境中提供可扩展的指导而开发的,但很少得到报告或评估.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19 IPAC响应和升级框架的感知实用性和有效性.
- 评估利益相关者对IPAC框架的指导和支持资源的看法.
- 探索IPAC框架对正在进行的IPAC要求的概括性.
主要方法:
- 一个使用专题分析的定性研究.
- 一个在线的跨部门调查,包括27个问题,分发给248个关键医疗保健利益相关者.
- 参与者包括参与IPAC框架风险评估,沟通,实施或监测的卫生工作者.
主要成果:
- 93%的受访者认为IPAC框架是管理COVID-19的有用工具.
- 91%的受访者表示,框架提供了适当的,与传播风险一致的IPAC战略.
- 84%的人认为支持资源具有权威性和广泛接受.
结论:
- 临床医生和管理人员认为,IPAC框架对于管理医疗保健中与流行病相关的IPAC要求是无价的.
- 该IPAC框架显示了更广泛应用的潜力,以支持COVID-19流行病之外的一般IPAC需求.
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