Navigating Infection Control Processes in a COVID-19 Only Safety-Net Hospital at the Height of the Pandemic.
Studies in health technology and informatics(2023)
摘要
Hospitals faced extraordinary challenges during the pandemic. Some of these were directly related to patient care-expanding capacities, adjusting services, and using new knowledge to save lives in a dynamically changing situation. Other challenges were regulatory. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted routine hospital infection control practices. We report the results of an interview study with 13 individuals associated with infection control in a small independent hospital. We employed the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model as a theoretical framework and as a basis to analyze data. The findings revealed how routine practices and protocols were displaced in notable ways. Due to COVID-19, clinical activities were modified, and the increased demands of regulatory reporting became laborious, and punitive if reports were late. Strategies are needed to mitigate increases in healthcare-associated infections. Our examination of the information flows, transformation, and needs shows areas in which digital tool creation and the use of a trained informatics workforce could ameliorate and automate many processes.
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infection control processes,hospital,safety-net
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