Effects Of Hospital Acquired Infection

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Patients seek health care services to get relieve or complete resolution of their health problems. Unfortunately, some end up with hospital acquired infection (HAI). HAI have a negative effect on the patient, the payer and the institution. This paper discuss the author’s interview with a health care provider on challenges encountered in addressing infection prevention, risk management strategies used in the organization’s infection control program , risk monitoring and maintenance and his view on infection prevention. HAI are preventable and individual health care provider, their institution, the patient and any other player involved must perform their role in infection control to reverse the current trend.
“An estimated 2.5 million hospital-acquired …show more content…

Infection has ripple effect on the patient, payers and the institution (Juraja, M. 2014). To the patient, it leads to increased cost of care, prolonged hospital stay, pressure on existing co-morbidity and to the extreme end lead to loss of life or function. To the payer, it leads to increased cost burden. The cost incurred on HAI can be allocated to other areas such as vaccine research. In the event of HAI, the institution has to absorb the cost incurred on care that will not be reimbursed by the payer, loss of trust by the client, loss of accreditation in case of non-compliance, and legal liability …show more content…

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