Is Nurse Workforce Sufficient in Intensive Care Units in Turkey? Results of the Multicenter Karia Study

Introduction: In this multicenter study, we analysed the magnitude of healthcare worker (HCW) [infection control practitioner (ICP), nurses and others] workforce in hospitals participated in the study. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in 41 hospitals (with intensive care units-ICU) lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mediterranean journal of infection, microbes & antimicrobials microbes & antimicrobials, 2017-01, Vol.6
Hauptverfasser:	UYAN, Ayşe, DURMUŞ, Gül, SEZAK, Nurbanu, PEPE, Fatmanur, KAYGUSUZ, Türkkan, ÖZTOPRAK, Nefise, ÖZDEMİR, Kevser, AKSOY, Firdevs, EROL, Serpil, KOÇ, Meliha Meriç, ÖNCÜL, Ahsen, ÇAĞAN AKTAŞ, Sabahat, ÇAŞKURLU, Hülya, ÇELEBİ, Güven, KANDEMİR, Özlem, ÖZGER, Selçuk, HARMAN, Rezan, DEMİRAY, Kübra, ARI, Alpay, ALKAN ÇEVİKER, Sevil, ESEN YILDIZ, İlknur, MENEKŞE, Şirin, ŞENOL, Güneş, SARI, Sema, DOĞAN, Mustafa, UĞURLU, Kenan, ARSLAN, Mustafa, AKDEMİR, İrem, FIRAT, Pınar, KÜREKÇİ, Yeşim, ÇAĞLAYAN, Derya, UÇAR, Mehmet, GÖZÜKÜÇÜK, Ramazan, ELMASLAR MERT, Habibe Tülin, ALAY, Handan, ERDOĞAN, Haluk, DEMİREL, Aslıhan, DOĞAN, Nilgün, KOÇAK, Funda, GÜVEN, Emre, ÜNSAL, Güleser, SİPAHİ, Hilal, IŞIKGÖZ TAŞBAKAN, Meltem, ARDA, Bilgin, ULUSOY, Sercan, SİPAHİ, Oğuz Reşat
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng ; tur
Schlagworte:	Critical care Disease control healthcare-associated infections Hospitals infection Infection control infection control practitioner Infections Infectious diseases Intensive care intensive care infections Intensive care units Medical personnel Mortality Nighttime Nosocomial infections Nurses Nursing Nursing care Patient safety Pneumonia Shift work Standardization Statistical analysis Ventilators Workforce Workforce planning
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Zusammenfassung:	Introduction: In this multicenter study, we analysed the magnitude of healthcare worker (HCW) [infection control practitioner (ICP), nurses and others] workforce in hospitals participated in the study. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in 41 hospitals (with intensive care units-ICU) located in 22 cities from seven regions of Turkey. We analysed the ICP workforce, nursing and auxiliary HCW (AHCW) workforce in ICUs, number of ICU beds and occupied beds in four different days [two of which were in summer during the vacation time (August 27 and 31, 2016) and two others in autumn (October 12 and 15, 2016)]. The Turkish Ministry of Health (TMOH) requires two patients per nurse in level 3 ICUs, three patients per nurse in level 2 ICUs and five patients per nurse in level 1 ICUs. There is no standardization for the number of AHCW in ICUs. Finally, one ICP per 150 hospital beds is required by TMOH. Results: The total number of ICUs, ICU beds and ICPs were 214, 2377 and 111, respectively in he 41 participated centers. The number ICPs was adequate only in 12 hospitals. The percentage of nurses whose working experience was
ISSN:	2147-673X 2147-673X
DOI:	10.4274/mjima.2017.20