Essays on Healthcare Associated Infections

2A. Appraising Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Quantitative Study One source of bias during data collection is the use of self-report data (Polit & Beck 2012). Chivers et al. (2001) obtained data through the SF-36 and Beck depression inventory which required the patients to answer questionnaires. If they failed to give accurate answers, it would have affected the validity of the findings. The study design also allowed patients to receive other clinically appropriate treatments that were beyond the study protocol (Chivers et al. 2001). Additional treatments are confounding variables but their influence on the study outcomes was not estimated in the statistical analysis. This reduces confidence in ...

Hospital Acquired Infections

A fact that emerges from the events in the video is that healthcare associated infections are a threat to the health and safety of both the staff and patients in the hospital. Familiar Healthcare associated diseases such MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), bloodstream poisoning and surgical site infections are highly contagious diseases that require special treatment and care in prevention. The cost associated with treatment of such diseases is high because it requires close monitoring of the patient in the intensive care unit. The doctors transferred the patient (Whitney Rose) to the intensive care unit after acute organ failure. This ...