Patient Oral Care and Hygiene on the Nursing Show

Nursing Show Podcast

Caring for patients' everyday needs is part of general nursing practice.  In today's busy and overworked hospital facilities, nurses are often distracted from these basic tasks by the demands of caring for multiple patients without assistance from other staff members.  Yet these simpler nursing interventions are more important than they might seem on the surface.

Nurses in Tel Aviv studied the effects of simple tooth brushing on the incidence of pneumonia in patients on ventilators.  Their preliminary findings indicate a possible 50% decrease in these dangerous hospital based infections from simple oral care techniques.  Find out more on this week's episode of the Nursing Show.

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