Measuring the nursing and midwifery contribution: update 5
| dc.contributor.author | National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-05T22:42:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-05T22:42:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/254675 | |
| dc.description | In 2007, the Health Service Executive (HSE) launched its strategy Say No to Infection for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) (HSE 2007). This strategy set out a number of targets for the prevention and control of HCAIs, together with the actions the HSE would need to take to meet them. The targets were to reduce all HCAIs by 20%, MRSA infections by 30% and antibiotic consumption by 20%, all within five years. Two years later the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HIQA 2009), which highlight the importance of surveillance and monitoring of HCAIs in the prevention and control of these infections. In this update on the nursing and midwifery interventions project commenced by the National Council in 2005 (National Council 2006), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in infection control at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) describe how their interventions as nurses and as members of a multidisciplinary infection control team contribute to patient safety at the hospital. Guidance is given by the National Council on framing key performance indicators relevant to infection control. | en_GB |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery | en_GB |
| dc.subject | NURSING | en_GB |
| dc.subject | MIDWIFERY | en_GB |
| dc.title | Measuring the nursing and midwifery contribution: update 5 | en_GB |
| dc.type | Report | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-23T17:05:40Z |
