Spread Of Infection: A Case Study

3. The MSN prepared nurse will have barriers no matter which clinical setting they practice. As the infection control practitioner at my facility, I will always face barriers in preventing the spread of infection. I work with many disciplines which include physicians, nursing, environmental services, facilities, dietary and the list is infinite for everyone participates in infection prevention. One of the biggest barriers faced is the “sacred cow” as described in the article Putting Evidence into Practice (Makic, Martin, Burns, Philbrick, & Rauen, 2013). When implementing change at my organization, “But we’ve always done it this way” is not an uncommon statement. Over the past few decades, multidrug resistant organisms are on the rise