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Medical intervention factors that indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay,
affect risk of infection duration of invasive procedures, medications, #
of exams by providers, type of institution, and
knowledge/experience of providers
environmental intervention factors disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand
that affect risk of infection hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age,
risk of infection gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC D=define customers, project boundaries, and
processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation,
gaps in performance, and prioritize actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
,What should an effective Detection of infections and injuries, identify
surveillance program be able to trends, identify risk factors associated with
provide? infections and other AEs detect outbreaks and
clusters, assess the overall effectiveness of the
infection control and prevention program and
demonstrate changes in proactive and processes
that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence number of persons ill on the date divided by the
population on that date.
Define attack rate Number of people at risk in whom a certain
illness develops / (divided by) / Total number of
people at risk
Define prevalence fraction of a population having a specific disease
at a given time
Define incidence number of new cases of a disease divided by the
number of persons at risk for the disease.
Type of specimen for C. diff liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection? when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs
occurs
Relative Risk (RR) Used in cohort studies to determine how strongly
a risk factor is associated with an outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association
between exposure and adverse event
P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or
unexposed) = RR
, Details of control chart central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines
and +/- 3 SD lines
Directly observed therapy (DOT) requires that a health care provider directly
observe the patient swallowing the pills, whether
it is in the hospital, office, or home care setting
the best method for TB regimen, intermittent
therapy, MDRO, high risk for noncompliance
(drug abusers/homeless)
Hill's Criteria of Causality 1) strength of association- relationship between
casual factor and disease outcome
2) consistency of finding- associations are
repeated
3) specificity of association- very specific cause
4) temporality- cause must be before the effect
5) biological gradient- dose and response
relationship, more exposure causes higher risk
6) biologic or theoretical plausibility- has to make
biological sense
7) coherence with the established knowledge-
established knowledge should not conflict with
findings
True or False: The thoroughness of true
the cleaning is more important than
the duration of the disinfection
Steps of systemic review and meta- 1. Research question
analyisis 2. develop methodology
3. Literature search/selecting studies
4. Analysis of data/interpretation
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Terms in this set (111)
Medical intervention factors that indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay,
affect risk of infection duration of invasive procedures, medications, #
of exams by providers, type of institution, and
knowledge/experience of providers
environmental intervention factors disinfectant type used, contact with animals, hand
that affect risk of infection hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age,
risk of infection gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC D=define customers, project boundaries, and
processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation,
gaps in performance, and prioritize actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
,What should an effective Detection of infections and injuries, identify
surveillance program be able to trends, identify risk factors associated with
provide? infections and other AEs detect outbreaks and
clusters, assess the overall effectiveness of the
infection control and prevention program and
demonstrate changes in proactive and processes
that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence number of persons ill on the date divided by the
population on that date.
Define attack rate Number of people at risk in whom a certain
illness develops / (divided by) / Total number of
people at risk
Define prevalence fraction of a population having a specific disease
at a given time
Define incidence number of new cases of a disease divided by the
number of persons at risk for the disease.
Type of specimen for C. diff liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection? when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs
occurs
Relative Risk (RR) Used in cohort studies to determine how strongly
a risk factor is associated with an outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association
between exposure and adverse event
P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or
unexposed) = RR
, Details of control chart central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines
and +/- 3 SD lines
Directly observed therapy (DOT) requires that a health care provider directly
observe the patient swallowing the pills, whether
it is in the hospital, office, or home care setting
the best method for TB regimen, intermittent
therapy, MDRO, high risk for noncompliance
(drug abusers/homeless)
Hill's Criteria of Causality 1) strength of association- relationship between
casual factor and disease outcome
2) consistency of finding- associations are
repeated
3) specificity of association- very specific cause
4) temporality- cause must be before the effect
5) biological gradient- dose and response
relationship, more exposure causes higher risk
6) biologic or theoretical plausibility- has to make
biological sense
7) coherence with the established knowledge-
established knowledge should not conflict with
findings
True or False: The thoroughness of true
the cleaning is more important than
the duration of the disinfection
Steps of systemic review and meta- 1. Research question
analyisis 2. develop methodology
3. Literature search/selecting studies
4. Analysis of data/interpretation
