JOURNAL READING Title Hospital ward design and prevention of hospital-acquired infections: A prospective clinical trial Summary of the Journal Reading: The journal was all about how an opportunity to research healthcare facility design as a factor in reducing hospital-acquired infections arose from the renovation of a general medical ward. To ascertain if reduced occurrence rates of hospital-acquired infection and colonization were related with hospital wards that had mostly single rooms. Results from numerous "historic design" wards (mostly four-bed rooms with shared bathrooms) were compared with results from a recently refurbished "modern design" ward in a prospective controlled experiment with patient allocation embracing randomness (predominantly single rooms with private bathrooms). In conclusion, there was no difference between medical patients admitted to new design wards and historic design wards in terms of the incidence density of hospital-acquired infections or colonizations. Ward design merits more research, according to a limited investigation of incidents that happened in single-bed versus multibed wings. Learning Insights/ Reflections: After reading the lengthy paper, I realized that truly it’s not how the ward is build but rather how the staff takes care of its environment. I agree that a clean environment makes a big difference when facilitating a patient health and recovery. Maintaining a clean environment is crucial for infection prevention, whether it be at home, at work, at school, or in the hospital. Everywhere is a potential home for dangerous pathogens. You can improve your health and lessen your risk of illness by keeping them to a minimal. The article has proven to me again that as student nurse I must take seriously the cleanliness of my patient environment because no matter how many medications I give if the environment if not right results will not improve. When I first started nursing school, I recall reading about Florence Nightingale's philosophy, which focused on how the environment functions and if there is appropriate ventilation and a clean place to support healing. And this article has somewhat supported this. I remember being very sick once in my life, and the feeling of suffocation from a very hot room worsesn its To conclude, I will evaluate my patient's environment each time I deliver care to make sure that my patient receives holistic care. Source: (Cite bibliography using APA format) NCBI - WWW Error Blocked Diagnostic. (n.d.). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211350/
