Capstone Week 2
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Health Care Delivery and Clinical Systems
Reflection Journal week 3
Bob Anderson
Grand Canyon University NRS-493-0505
Instructor Bartholomew Chris
10/10/2021
Health Care Delivery and Clinical Systems
I was successful meet with my preceptor, I was able to develop my PICOT Question Paper and I was able to critically evaluate evidence‐based research and other appropriate resources to inform the development of my change in capstone Change Project Objectives.
Covid-19 can be spread through various ways by touching eyes, nose, or mouth without washing hands, contacting contaminated surfaces or objects, preparing or eating food without washing hands, coughing or sneezing into their hands, and then contacting another person physically. If a covid-19 patient sneezes or coughs, they release infected fluid, which falls on nearby surfaces, and another individual can catch the virus by touching the contaminated surface (World Health Organization, 2020). Therefore, handwashing is the primary method of preventing the spread of covid-19. Health care delivery and clinical systems have a role in handwashing to prevent the spread of the virus. First, healthcare delivery and clinical systems should ensure that functional handwashing stations are easily accessible in their health facilities. Functional handwashing stations should be positioned at all points of care. These stations must be accessible in the facility’s entry and exit points and other public areas. Health care delivery and clinical systems are required to establish or strengthen handwashing improvement strategies. They should offer fresher education on handwashing to health care practitioners. They should procure sufficient amounts of quality handwashing supplies. All health care practitioners must adhere to handwashing rules to ensure patient safety.
Health care facilities need to make handwashing a vital quality monitoring factor. Complying with handwashing standards needs to be a core element of each health facility's covid-19 prevention regimen and identify risk areas and prioritize finding solutions to these risks. Health care facilities should provide education and information to the public on handwashing during the epidemic. Various sources can be used to educate on the importance of handwashing and the right handwashing techniques. Compliance of the general public with handwashing is one of the most cost-effective techniques of preventing the spread of covid-19 (Bazaid et al., 2020). Effective covid-19 infection control and preventive actions, especially handwashing, must be implemented to ensure that health care facilities do not become hubs of covid-19 spread and reduce healthcare-related infections. Health care professionals must be trained and provided with the resources needed to implement good handwashing practices to respond to the epidemic and maintain essential services.
References
Bazaid, A. S., Aldarhami, A., Binsaleh, N. K., Sherwani, S., & Althomali, O. W. (2020). Knowledge and practice of personal protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia. PloS one, 15(12), e0243695.
World Health Organization. (2020). Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19: how COVID-19 spreads, 19 March 2020 (No. WHO/2019-Nov/workplace/2020.2). World Health Organization.