Optimization of Hygiene Management in Out-of-Hospital Intensive Care

The research collaboration between PMU and the DPG focused on the care of ventilated patients in out-of-hospital intensive care settings (shared living communities). In the field of outpatient intensive care, there is a need for both practice development and foundational research, driven by the increase in multimorbidity, the growing chronicity of illnesses, and changing financing models. There has been a significant and continuous increase in the number of patients receiving outpatient intensive care, resulting in a higher demand for outpatient intensive care facilities. To date, relatively little scientific research has been conducted in this area, which was the reason for this collaborative research effort.
The objectives of the collaboration were to optimize hygiene management in out-of-hospital intensive care communities and to implement a digital solution for hygiene-specific knowledge transfer within nursing services.