In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Objective: Intensive care units are high risk units for serious infections like ventilator associated pneumonia. Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most important infection control practice in intensive care units. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of...
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| author | Semiha Solak Grassie Sümeyra Çetin Gevrek Dilber Kumral |
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| description | Objective: Intensive care units
are high risk units for serious infections like
ventilator associated pneumonia. Preventing
ventilator associated pneumonia is one of
the most important infection control practice
in intensive care units. In this study, it was
aimed to investigate the effect of the ventilator
associated pneumonia prevention checklist use
in decreasing ventilator associated pneumonia
rates.
Material and Method: This study was
performed in the intensive care units at
Yenimahalle Training and Research Hospital
between January 2013 and September 2013. In
the first 3 months, the routine infection control
measurements were used. At the end of this
term a lecture about using the checklist was
given to the nurses. At the second 3 months
period, the checklist was filled by each patient’s
nurse. At the last 3 months period there was
no checklist use. The ventilator associated
pneumonia rates were registered in all these
terms. After and before the intervention term
tests about ventilator associated pneumonia
prevention with 20 questions were given to the
nurses.
Results: Between January to March 2013,
at the first 3 months, ventilator associated
pneumonia rate was 38.2%; at the second
term, it was 7.4%; at the third term, it was
3.8%. At the front test, the nurses got 84.5
point success rate and at the last test, the
rate was 92.6. The success rate differences
between these two tests were statistically
significant with the Wilcoxon test (z-3.4,
p=0.001).
Conclusion: At the end of this study, despite
any changes in the other routine and patient
population, it was seen that there were
obvious decrease in the ventilator associated
pneumonia rates during the intervention term
and the term after the intervention. Also the
checklist use increased the nurses’ knowledge
level about the ventilator associated pneumonia
prevention and hand hygiene adherence rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27bd1275aa4b4c629b6ac935cd215b392023-02-15T16:22:20ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi2146-64162147-267X2016-04-01141131710.4274/tybdd.63644In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated PneumoniaSemiha Solak Grassie0Sümeyra Çetin Gevrek1Dilber Kumral2Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Yenimahalle Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Ankara, TürkiyeYıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Yenimahalle Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Kontrol Kliniği, Ankara, TürkiyeYıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Yenimahalle Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Kliniği, Ankara, TürkiyeObjective: Intensive care units are high risk units for serious infections like ventilator associated pneumonia. Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most important infection control practice in intensive care units. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of the ventilator associated pneumonia prevention checklist use in decreasing ventilator associated pneumonia rates. Material and Method: This study was performed in the intensive care units at Yenimahalle Training and Research Hospital between January 2013 and September 2013. In the first 3 months, the routine infection control measurements were used. At the end of this term a lecture about using the checklist was given to the nurses. At the second 3 months period, the checklist was filled by each patient’s nurse. At the last 3 months period there was no checklist use. The ventilator associated pneumonia rates were registered in all these terms. After and before the intervention term tests about ventilator associated pneumonia prevention with 20 questions were given to the nurses. Results: Between January to March 2013, at the first 3 months, ventilator associated pneumonia rate was 38.2%; at the second term, it was 7.4%; at the third term, it was 3.8%. At the front test, the nurses got 84.5 point success rate and at the last test, the rate was 92.6. The success rate differences between these two tests were statistically significant with the Wilcoxon test (z-3.4, p=0.001). Conclusion: At the end of this study, despite any changes in the other routine and patient population, it was seen that there were obvious decrease in the ventilator associated pneumonia rates during the intervention term and the term after the intervention. Also the checklist use increased the nurses’ knowledge level about the ventilator associated pneumonia prevention and hand hygiene adherence rate.http://www.yogunbakimderg.com/makale_10426/Yogun-Bakim-Unitemizde-Ventilator-Iliskili-Pnomoni-Gelismesini-Onlemek-Amacli-Kontrol-Listesi-Kullanimi-DeneyimiVentilator associated pneumoniainfection controlchecklist |
| spellingShingle | Semiha Solak Grassie Sümeyra Çetin Gevrek Dilber Kumral In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi Ventilator associated pneumonia infection control checklist |
| title | In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
| title_full | In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
| title_short | In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
| title_sort | in our intensive care unit the experience of the checklist use to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia |
| topic | Ventilator associated pneumonia infection control checklist |
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