Decision Making Paper

Approaches to Decision making Paper

Sharice Vanlanham

HCA/250

Amy Foster

8/24/2013

Decision-Making paper

Infections is always a possibility upon admission to a hospital or when being treated in an

emergency room. Hospital’s are addressing this problem with better infections control

policies, but there are things you can do to protect yourself. On the other hand it is said that

you are your best advocate when it comes to your health and well-being. One way patients

can prevent disease is by letting the nurse know to wash hospital personnel equipment and

wash their hands before they enter your room and before performing any treatments. Along

with visitors washing their hands as well when entering and exiting. Imagine if no one took

care of their hygiene bacteria and infection will eventually find its way around the hospital

sicking many people who don’t have strong immune system.

According to ehow 2011,” hospital's equipment is a germ because multiple people

commonly handled hospital equipment, it's easy to pass infections. For example, blood

pressure cuffs, stethoscopes and scissors should all be sanitized and / or disinfected between

patient uses. Nurses also are responsible for placing disposable covers over the probe when

checking a patient's temperature. Nurses must follow their institution’s protocol for regular

changing tubes used to deliver nutrients or fluids to the patient or to drain fluids from the

patient's body. If left unchanged, these tubes can harbor the growth of bacteria, which can

easily enter the person's body”. The other strategies to reduce infection in the...