Effect of camera monitoring and feedback along with training on hospital infection rate in a neonatal intensive care unit

Meltem Karabay, Gulsum Kaya, Taner Hafizoglu, Oguz Karabay, Meltem Karabay, Gulsum Kaya, Taner Hafizoglu, Oguz Karabay

Abstract

Background: In terms of pediatric healthcare-associated infections (HAI), neonatal intensive care units (NICU) constitute the greatest risk. Contacting a health care personnel, either directly or indirectly, elevates NICU occurrence rate and risks other infants in the same unit. In this study, it is aimed to retrospectively analyze the effect of the training along with camera monitoring and feedback (CMAF) to control the infection following a small outbreak.

Methods: ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae was detected on three infants in May 2014 at the isolation room of Sakarya University Hospital NICU. Precautions were taken to prevent further spread of the infection. The infected infants were isolated and the decolonization process was initiated. For this aspect, health care workers (HCWs) in NICU were trained for infection control measures. An infection control committee has monitored the HCWs. Before monitoring, an approval was obtained from the hospital management and HCWs were informed about the CMAF, who were then periodically updated. On a weekly basis, NICU workers were provided with the feedbacks. Epidemic period and post-epidemic control period (June-July-August 2014) were evaluated and p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) density was 9.59% before the onset of the CMAF, whereas it was detected as 2.24% during the CMAF period (p < 0.05). Following the precautions, HAI and HAI density rates have reduced to 76.6% and 74.85%, respectively. Moreover, hand hygiene compliance of health care workers was found 49.0% before the outbreak, whereas this rate has elevated to 62.7% after CMAF.

Conclusions: Healthcare workers should be monitored in order to increase their compliance for infection control measures. Here, we emphasized that that CMAF of health workers may contribute reducing the HAI rate in the NICU.

Keywords: Camera monitoring and feedback; Healthcare-associated infections; Neonatal; Training.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Hand hygiene compliance before and after the camera observation
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Hand hygiene compliance according to five indication rules before and after the camera observation

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