Hygiene management for long-term ventilated persons in the home health care setting: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence and recommendations for hygiene management in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) are rare. In Germany, few regionally limited studies show poor hygiene management or a lack of its implementation. This scoping review of international literature identified the evidence in hygiene management for ventilated patients in the home care setting which has to be implemented for infection prevention and control.

Methods

A review of international literature was conducted in CINAHL, PubMed and Web of Science. The search focused on four key domains: HMV, hygiene management, home care setting, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Data of included studies were extracted using a data charting sheet. Extracted data were assigned to the categories (1) stud

SUBMITTER: Hoeppchen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864850 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature