Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections : Focus on MRSA & VRE
Ajeigbe, Rahman Wahab (2010)
Ajeigbe, Rahman Wahab
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2010
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201005139192
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201005139192
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how to prevent hospital acquired infections caused by MRSA and VRE. Hospital acquired infections is becoming a threat to the health sector across the world. The study was meant to provide answers to the following three research questions:
1. What is prevalence of MRSA and VRE infections from a global perspective.
2. What are the major risk factors associated with Hospital acquired infections caused by MRSA and VRE.
3. What are the possible preventive or control measures that could be applied in the Finnish hospitals.
The study was approached from the world perspective to European level and narrowed down to Finland. It provides answers to the above mentioned research questions and Systematic literature review was used as a data analysis method. Nineteen journals from thirteen countries were included in the research work, Finland inclusive. Two tables were drawn to show details of the articles involved, details about the purpose of the articles, authors, year of publication and authors’ opinions.
1. What is prevalence of MRSA and VRE infections from a global perspective.
2. What are the major risk factors associated with Hospital acquired infections caused by MRSA and VRE.
3. What are the possible preventive or control measures that could be applied in the Finnish hospitals.
The study was approached from the world perspective to European level and narrowed down to Finland. It provides answers to the above mentioned research questions and Systematic literature review was used as a data analysis method. Nineteen journals from thirteen countries were included in the research work, Finland inclusive. Two tables were drawn to show details of the articles involved, details about the purpose of the articles, authors, year of publication and authors’ opinions.