Question

To better understand how the flu season has impacted your hospital in the past. What analysis will you ask your epidemiologist to conduct so that you will be able to prepare a more accurate staffing plan for the upcoming flu season? Make sure to list specific epidemiology data and information (understand the data type and data processing)you need to make your decisions.

Answer 1

A) > Influenza (Flu is primarily a commonity-based infection that is transmitted in house holds and community settings. > Each year 5% - 200% of us. no residents acquire flu infections. and may acquire ambulatory health care settings Is More than 200,000 persone on average are hospitalized each year for flu -related complications. > Nosocomial com hospital acquired infections are more common in health care settings. Use of hospital epidemiology and research: Planning & operational ( research situation analysis of gap assesment? Hospital Data management) epidemiology { repearch Reporting & rerearen challenges for hospital epidemiologist during fin season: > Make hospital safe - Prevent harm to patient and employees from infectious flu. > Improve out hospital effiuency. – Decrease antimicrobial resistance, elimina unnecessary corte Fundamental roles as epidemiologists to control flui-

Survillence is the key element to control flu in future a > Defining as preusely as possible the event to be surveyed (Case definition). > Collecting the relevant data in a systematic valid way. > Consolidating the data into meaningful arrangements > Analyzing and interpreting data. The > Using that information to bring about the change. Change in development of effective patient care practices:- By team collaboration > staff education > Communication. Goalsin - Reduce incidence of influenza (film.. Reduce morbidity. s shorten hospital stay > Reduce costs of treating infections. Reduce costs of paeventive measures Sanitation + stop ineffective control measures.

Identify risks to putients health Lot for that continuous surveillance on noso comial infections should be planned. > Identify and study risk factore. - Understand the nosocomid pathogens - Understand epidemiological methods like care - control, cohort, bias, confounding factors. Responsibilities of epidemiologist in hospital to control flu control flu isto og in hospital to oun infection control programs to Major goals of Infection control programme Survillence s n comparision, Annual incidence of influenza Prevalance helps to understand year-wise comparision, sout break investigation Development of written policies to isolate patients > Cooperation with quality improvement program. Education of hospital staff on infection control > Ongoing review of aseptic, isolation, sanitation techniques ^ of antibiotic utilization. ann s monitoring Monitoring antibootic resistant organisme. Letosinhos

Areas of interest to a hospital epidemiologist :- Antibiotic usage > Sanitation practices » Infection control committee > National regulation in infection control. > Microbiology support... s Always data collection on flu carce in hospital should be Continuosly monitored to compare with outside standards. > Data collection for internal Reviews should be done and continuous efforts to improve... & Always a comparition of nick for fin during season should be done with and without effective programme for example: Patients at nisk Hospital with very effective programmus Hostitals with ineffective programmes + 13.8% Immuno compromised) - 48% 11% 0 surgical patients > Always epidemiologist should try to establich policies and regulations to reduce shirks with physicians and nurses. > Develop and maintain continuous education programmes on auflu infections