Best Critical Care Expertise (ICU)
Aayurdhaa hospital is one of the best critical care hospital in Tamilnadu. Critical care or Intensive care is a crucial medical specialty caring for patients who are critically ill. They may require support for instability (hypertension/hypotension), airway or respiratory compromise (ventilator support), acute renal failure, cardiac arrhythmias, or the cumulative effects of multiple organ failure, more commonly referred to now as multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
Patients needing intensive/invasive monitoring, such as in the crucial hours after major surgery or patients who are considered too unstable to transfer to a less intensively monitored unit may also be placed in the intensive care units.
ICU Management
Infection Controls :
- Our infection control protocols pertain to a wide spectrum of interventions & have been developed jointly with intensivists & anesthetists
- ICUs - high risk areas for patient where lifethreatening mistakes & omissions in care can occur
- Checklist of care should be addressed daily
- Critically ill patients highly vulnerable to health care associated infection, resulting in significant morbidity & prolonged length of hospital stay
- Reponsibility of every member of the health care team to ensure compliance with hospital and unit infection control policies - like hand-washing before & after examining a patient; use of alcohol hand rubs; use of sterile barriers & disposable gloves; safe disposal of all sharps & patient consumables; & traffic control
- Bedside Analysis - checklist use has reduced ALOS & improved infection control indices
Clinical Handovers :
- Standardised procedure for clinical handover
- Transfer of care from physician to physician or nurse to nurse in case of change of location or change of shifts