Infection Prevention in the Acute Rehabilitation Setting
Patients at Shepherd Center are at risk of infection for a few important reasons.
The risk goes up the longer a person is in a facility, and Shepherd’s average inpatient is in the hospital for more than six weeks.
Because Shepherd Center is a rehabilitation facility, patients are very mobile throughout the hospital, which sacrifices some infection protection afforded by having them stay put in their rooms.
Also, a high proportion of Shepherd patients use medical devices that add the risk of infection; these include certain kinds of IVs, tracheostomies and urinary catheters.
Listen in as Sarah Culberson, RN, discusses how Shepherd Center is working to decrease the risks of infection to patients.
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