Effective infection prevention and control: the nurse's role

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effective infection prevention and control

T2 - the nurse's role

AU - Burnett, Emma

N1 - © 2018 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.

PY - 2018/6/5

Y1 - 2018/6/5

N2 - Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance are significant threats to public health. As resistant organisms continue to emerge and evolve, and antimicrobial agents become less effective, infection prevention and control remains a vital aspect of maintaining public health, particularly among vulnerable patient groups such as older people and young children. Because of the increasing complexity of healthcare treatments and interventions, patients are becoming increasingly susceptible to healthcare-associated infections and resistant organisms. This article outlines some of the challenges that nurses may experience in ensuring effective infection prevention and control, and how these can be addressed.

AB - Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance are significant threats to public health. As resistant organisms continue to emerge and evolve, and antimicrobial agents become less effective, infection prevention and control remains a vital aspect of maintaining public health, particularly among vulnerable patient groups such as older people and young children. Because of the increasing complexity of healthcare treatments and interventions, patients are becoming increasingly susceptible to healthcare-associated infections and resistant organisms. This article outlines some of the challenges that nurses may experience in ensuring effective infection prevention and control, and how these can be addressed.

U2 - 10.7748/ns.2018.e11171

DO - 10.7748/ns.2018.e11171

M3 - Article

C2 - 29972291

SN - 0029-6570

VL - 33

SP - 68

EP - 72

JO - Nursing Standard

JF - Nursing Standard

IS - 4

ER -