The Implementation of Evidence-Based Infection Prevention in Healthcare Facilities in Egypt.

Abstract

Infections gained during healthcare services, more familiar called health care-associated infections (HAIs), are the most frequent inverse events in health care. These infections occur worldwide both in developed and developing countries. In developed countries, nosocomial infections account for 7% of all infections, but in underprivileged ones, they account for 10% (WHO HAIs Fact Sheet, 2019). The incidence rate of HAI in Egypt was as recorded as 3.7% recently, while Surgical Site Infections SSI were the most frequent infections as 25.8% in Egypt from 4.1% in clean wound to 66.7% in dirty contaminated wounds which resulting in prolonged hospitalization and risk of death (Abdel-Haleim et al., 2010), On the other hand, The estimated median total cost of treating them per 1000 patient annually would be around 66,700 Egyptian Pounds from the hospital perspective, 76,800 Egyptian Pounds from the patient perspective. According to some estimates, preventing a case of HAIs economize on an average more than US$ 10 000 and reduces the patient’s risk of fate from 7% to 1.6% (Abu Sheasha et al., 2017). The thesis aims to improve patient safety and quality of care and to significantly reduce healthcare costs with low-cost and develop Evidence-based Infection Prevention Solutions to Improve Healthcare Conditions and Efficiency Through Environmental Design Based on Scientific Methodologies in Egypt, by the magnitude of HAI rates in Egypt by demonstrate further alternative solutions to spread the EBD concept there should be more researches in hospital projects. Therefore, the constant development of EBD design solutions will create a virtuous circle that the goal is to progress healthcare status and efficiency by an environmental design based on scientific methodologies.