MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESO

INTERVIEW AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUE IDENTIFICATION 2 Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification My interview with a fellow nurse working in the intensive care unit (ICU) department in our facility showed shocking figures about the prevalence and epidemiology of Staphylococcus infections in inpatient population at the facility. Through the interview the colleague demonstrated the rise of the infection of this strain of bacteria as a hospital acquired infection among patients with weak immunity. The colleague was categorical that this rise illustrated the need for the administration and health professionals un the facility to do something apart from strict adherence to the set precautions and strategies to reduce infections. The standard practices like hand hygiene, utilization of personal protective equipment and safe injection as well as etiquettes when coughing and handling contaminated equipment were not enough to curb the rising numbers. The increase in the infections requires collaboration of all health care providers and practitioners to implement evidence-based practices. All the healthcare teams in the facility were concerned about the safety of patients, which is a core aspect of quality patient outcomes. Collaboration is essential as it allows various teams to share knowledge, experiences, and evidence-based practice interventions to reduce the infections and enhance patient safety and delivery of quality outcomes (Power, 2016). The interdisciplinary collaboration implores all providers, right from physicians to nurses and pharmacists as well as laboratory technicians to collaborate and work together to implement solutions and reduce the prevalence of such infections. Integration of Evidence-Based Practice in Issue Identification The problem of infections needs the establishment of quality improvement team to use present or update evidence-based practice interventions. A practice becomes evidence-based