Practice and effect of visual management of hospital infection for the patients in hospital in the department of gynecology and obstetrics

Objective To investigate the effect of visual management on the prevention of nosocomial infection for the patients in hospital in the department of gynecology and obstetrics. Methods Three hundred and sixteen in-patients who were treated in the department of obstetrics and gynecology in our hospital from July 2013 to June 2014 were included in the control group. The routine prevention infection management was used in the control group. Three hundred and twenty-five in-patients who were treated in the department of obstetrics and gynecology in our hospital from October 2014 to September 2015 were included in the observation group. The visual management was used to prevent infection in the observation group. Hospital infection, infection site, length of hospital stay and patients' satisfaction were compared between the two groups. Results There were 22 cases of hospital infection in the two groups, including 5 cases in the observation group and 17 cases in the control group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (χ2=8.532, P<0.01) .In the observation group, the infection rate of infection sites of the patients was significantly lower compared with the patients in the control group (P<0.05) . In the observation group, the average hospitalization time was (6.2±1.6) d, which was significantly shorter compared with the patients in the control group (8.6±2.1) d (t=3.26, P=0.001) . The total satisfaction in the observation group was 100.0%, which was significantly different from that in the control group (89.6%) (χ2=7.814, P<0.05) . Conclusions The implementation of visual management to prevent infection in the patients of the department of gynecology and obstetrics can reduce the infection rate of patients, shorten their hospitalization time and improve patients' satisfaction of the intervention. Key words: Department of gynecology and obstetrics, hospital; Cross infection; Visual management