Health care workers' experiences of calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When caring for critically ill patients, health workers often need to 'call-for-help' to get assistance from colleagues in the hospital. Systems are required to facilitate calling-for-help and enable the timely provision of care for critically ill patients. Evidence around calling-for-help systems is mostly from high income countries and the state of calling-for-help in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya has not been formally studied. This study aims to describe health workers' experiences about calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya.

Methods

Ten hospitals across Kenya and Tanzania were visited and in-depth interviews conducted with 30 health workers who had experience of caring for critically ill patients. The

SUBMITTER: Mkumbo EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11253331 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature