Patient autonomy and disclosure of material information about hospital-acquired infections

Hospital-acquired infections are nowadays a major health care problem worldwide. The morbidity and mortality associated with them are highest in intensive care units, but their effects are identifiable in virtually any medical department. Information about hospital-acquired infections, especially ab...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Infection and drug resistance 2018-01, Vol.11, p.369-375
Main Authors: Hostiuc, Sorin, Molnar, Arthur-Jozsef, Moldoveanu, Alin, Aluaş, Maria, Moldoveanu, Florica, Bocicor, Iuliana, Dascalu, Maria-Iuliana, Bădilă, Elisabeta, Hostiuc, Mihaela, Negoi, Ionut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access control
Autonomy
Bioethics
Cross infection
Decision making
Disclosure of information
Disease control
Ethics
Health care
hospital-acquired infections
Hospitals
Informed consent
Intensive care
Intensive care units
Laws, regulations and rules
Legal medicine
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medicine
Methicillin
Morbidity
Nosocomial infection
Nosocomial infections
Patient safety
Patients
Prevention
Principles
Public health
Records and correspondence
respect for autonomyu
Review
Social justice
Staphylococcus infections
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Hospital-acquired infections are nowadays a major health care problem worldwide. The morbidity and mortality associated with them are highest in intensive care units, but their effects are identifiable in virtually any medical department. Information about hospital-acquired infections, especially about their preventive measures, are rarely presented nowadays in a correct fashion to patients. This article aims to present, in a structured manner, the theoretical and practical aspects related to disclosure of hospital-acquired infections-related information to patients and its importance in preventing their spread. We will analyze both the conceptual framework for disclosing medical information related to nosocomial infections (autonomy, veracity, social justice, the principle of double effect, the precautionary principle, and nonmaleficence) and the practicalities regarding the disclosure of proper information to patients.
ISSN:1178-6973
1178-6973
DOI:10.2147/IDR.S149590