Hospital infections - medical, legal, economic and ethical issues

Brodowicz-Król Magdalena, Trojanowska Alina, Korżyńska-Piętas Magdalena, Grzegorczyk Michał, Medak Edyta. Hospital infections - medical, legal, economic and ethical issues. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(11):63-74. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1468043 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6207 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 22.09.2018. Revised: 28.09.2018. Accepted: 21.10.2018. Hospital infections - medical, legal, economic and ethical issues Magdalena Brodowicz-Król Alina Trojanowska Magdalena Korżyńska-Piętas Michał Grzegorczyk Edyta Medak Summary: The aim is to present factors that threaten the health and life of the patient staying in a hospital setting. Objects and tools that, as a result of human error, penetrate the patient's tissues and body cavities, cause a high risk of infection. These include surgical instruments, gynecological instruments, needles, syringes, catheters, and dressings. The requirements for the cleanliness of equipment, objects and tools are manifold, depending on the degree of risk of infection. The sterility of the equipment and tools is maintained thanks to the proper handling of the material before sterilization, properly carried out sterilization process, compliance with transport and storage rules. Analysis of deactivation conditions and assessment of its effectiveness provides a guarantee of prevention of nosocomial infections [4] . Keywords: hospital infections , pollution, source of infection