Adaptation of Isolation Guidelines for Health Care Settings
10.22650/JKCNR.2018.24.2.209
- Author:
Jae Geum RYU
1
;
Jae Sim JEONG
;
Ihn Sook JEONG
;
Jeong Hye KIM
;
Eun Young HONG
;
Hyang Sook KIM
;
Young Sun JUNG
;
Jeong Soon KWON
;
Ji Young LEE
;
Ji Youn CHOI
;
Kyung Sug KIM
;
Eun Hyun KIM
;
Gyeong Suk CHA
;
Eun Jin KIM
;
Kyung Hee PARK
;
Hyun Ju SEO
Author Information
1. Doctoral Student, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Practice Guideline
- Keywords:
Patient Isolation;
Infection Control;
Infectious Disease Transmission;
Practice Guideline;
Evidence-Based Nursing
- MeSH:
Colon;
Communicable Diseases;
Delivery of Health Care;
Disease Transmission, Infectious;
Evidence-Based Nursing;
Evidence-Based Practice;
Humans;
Infection Control;
Patient Isolation
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2018;24(2):209-226
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This purpose of this study was to develop evidence-based practice guideline for isolation in health care settings to prevent transmission of infectious diseases utilizing guideline adaption process. METHODS: The process of guideline adaptation was performed according to the Korean hospital nurses association's guideline adaptation manual which consisted of three main phases, 9 modules, and 24 steps. RESULTS: The adapted isolation guideline consisted of introduction, overview of isolation guideline, summary of recommendations, recommendations, references, and appendices. The guideline includes 224 recommendations in 4 sections which are organizational administration, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, and education/counselling. CONCLUSION: The adapted isolation guideline is recommended to be disseminated and utilized by nurses and clinicians nationwide to improve the isolation practices for infected or colonized patients with communicable diseases and to decrease the transmission of infections in the healthcare settings.
