Development and Evaluation of Cooperation System for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Outpatient Services

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593225
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: YANO Hisako 名古屋市立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00230285)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HOTTA Noriko 名古屋市立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90249342) ; WAKIMOTO Hiroko 名古屋市立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (40336706) ; ICHIKAWA Seiichi 人間環境大学, 看護学研究科, 教授 (90106302) ; MAEDA Hitomi 熊本大学, 大学院生命科学研究部, 教授 (90183607) ; TOGARI Hajime 名古屋市立大学, 医学研究科, 研究員 (50106233) ; SUZUKI Kanzo 名古屋市立大学, 看護学部, 客員研究員 (90507807)
• Research Collaborator: AOYAMA Emi ; YOSHIKAWA Hiromi ; TAKAKU Michiko
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 感染予防 / 医療関連感染 / 外来部門

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We evaluated healthcare-associated infections and their prevention measures in outpatient services. We conducted a survey targeting 428 outpatient staffs (medical/non-medical staffs) at 3 hospitals in Prefecture A. We measured antibody titers for measles and other infections and investigated the implementation status of infection control measures. Our analysis of the results revealed that better education was needed for the staffs to understand the need for vaccination. We then conducted a survey targeting 1,369 medical institutions nationwide and obtained response from 570 institutions (41.6%). From analysis, we found that influenza (84.7%) and tuberculosis (75.4%) were needed to conduct the infection control. The protective equipment such as masks was prepared enough. However, there were 34.1% of the medical institutions installing depressurized rooms, and 31.3% installing sputum sampling booths. Infection control measures in outpatient services therefore need further improvement.

Free Research Field

看護学