Priority 6 from the Healthcare Associated Infections PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: How can we educate patients to look for clinical signs of HCAI? (Priority 6) | |
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| Overall ranking | 6 |
| JLA question ID | 0088/6 |
| Explanatory note | Educating patients to look for HCAI will empower them in their communication with the healthcare professional and will improved shared-decision making. This will also allow early diagnosis of infection and allow treatment to be initiated early. There is uncertainty in how best to achieve this or how effective this might be. |
| Evidence |
None identified |
| Health Research Classification System category | Infection |
| Extra information provided by this project | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | In people at risk of a hospital acquired infection - are patients asked to look for signs themselves and report immediately? |
| Submitted by | 1 x Patient |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0088 |
| Project name | Healthcare Associated Infections |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this project. | 259 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 28 February 2019 |