Picot_paper_example.docx(1) Running Head: PICOT STATEMENT 1 NRS-493 PICOT Statement Paper Grand Canyon University: NRS-493-0501 PICOT S
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Picot_paper_example.docx(1) Running Head: PICOT STATEMENT 1 NRS-493 PICOT Statement Paper Grand Canyon University: NRS-493-0501 PICOT Statement For patients with a private room within the Emergency Department (P), will the use of privacy door blinds (I), compared to those that utilize privacy room curtains (C), have decrease in cross-contaminations (O)? Clinical Problem The Emergency Department (ED) consists of 15 small rooms with private doors but open windows with a hanging cloth curtain providing patient privacy. The curtain hangs from the ceiling directly at the foot of the patient™s bed. This makes the curtain a high touch area as it must be frequently moved to get around the patient™s bed to provide quick and appropriate care. Bedrails, intravenous poles, sinks, bedside tables, and privacy curtains are all in the top 10 high- touch items in the healthcare setting (Cheng et al., 2015). Quick and high turn-over of the department leaves ED staff members to quickly clean the rooms prior to the next patient entering. After cleaning, one high touch item remains “ the privacy curtain hanging from the rod in the ceiling. Hospital privacy curtains have statistically been known to harbor germs bacteria and viruses. Common hospital-acquired pathogens such Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Escherichia Coli (E.Coli), Clostridium difficile (C-diff), influenza, and th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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