A return to the basics; nurses ’ practices and knowledge about interventional patient hygiene in critical care units

The Nursing profession is struggling to return to basic nursing care to maintain patients ’ safety. “Interventional patient hygiene” (IPH) is a measurement model for reducing the bioburden of both the patient and health care worker, and its components are hand hygiene, oral care, skin care/antisepsis, and catheter site care.
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research