ICU Management
Intensive Care Unit
Infection Controls
- Our infection control protocols pertain to a wide spectrum of interventions & have been developed jointly with intensivists & anesthetists
- ICUs – high risk areas for patient where lifethreatening mistakes & omissions in care can occur
- Checklist of care should be addressed daily
- Critically ill patients highly vulnerable to health care associated infection, resulting in significant morbidity & prolonged length of hospital stay
- Reponsibility of every member of the health care team to ensure compliance with hospital and unit infection control policies – like hand-washing before & after examining a patient, use of alcohol hand rubs, use of sterile barriers & disposable gloves, safe disposal of all sharps & patient consumables & traffic control
- Bedside Analysis – checklist use has reduced ALOS & improved infection control indices
Clinical Handovers
- Standardised procedure for clinical handover
- enhances patient’s safety by providing vital information at a glance to the care providers
- enhances ability of attending staff member to identify potential source of problem
- Transfer of care from physician to physician or nurse to nurse in case of change of location or change of shifts
- Includes accurate information about
- Patient’s care
- Treatment and services
- Verbal order
- Test results
- Current condition
- Recent or anticipated changes
UPDATED ON 27/09/2023
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