ICU Management

ICU Management

Intensive Care Unit

Infection Controls

• Our infection control protocols pertain to a wide spectrum of interventions & have been developed jointly with intensivists & anesthetists
• ICUs – high risk areas for patient where lifethreatening mistakes & omissions in care can occur
• Checklist of care should be addressed daily
• Critically ill patients highly vulnerable to health care associated infection, resulting in significant morbidity & prolonged length of hospital stay
• Reponsibility of every member of the health care team to ensure compliance with hospital and unit infection control policies – like hand-washing before & after examining a patient, use of alcohol hand rubs, use of sterile barriers & disposable gloves, safe disposal of all sharps & patient consumables & traffic control
• Bedside Analysis – checklist use has reduced ALOS & improved infection control indices

Clinical Handovers

• Standardised procedure for clinical handover
  • enhances patient’s safety by providing vital information at a glance to the care providers
  • enhances ability of attending staff member to identify potential source of problem
• Transfer of care from physician to physician or nurse to nurse in case of change of location or change of shifts
• Includes accurate information about
  • Patient’s care
  • Treatment and services
  • Verbal order
  • Test results
  • Current condition
  • Recent or anticipated changes