Senior manager clinical visits
Health Boards should ensure that senior managers accompanied by IPC staff visit clinical areas at least weekly to verify that proper attention is being paid to IPC.
How was this assessed?
Response
Accepted
Response
AcceptedSection 3.1 of the Scottish Government's response details the 10 Patient Safety Essentials, which include leadership walk-rounds. These walk-rounds involve leaders, including executive and non-executive directors, and frontline staff discussing and reducing barriers to reliably delivering safe care. This initiative aims to promote a safety-aware improvement culture throughout the service, which encompasses infection prevention and control.
Published Evidence
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HIS IPC Standards (2022) address management oversight of clinical areas. Weekly senior manager visits with IPC staff are addressed through governance standards but compliance varies by board.
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National standards provide the framework but weekly senior manager clinical visits with IPC staff represent an operational practice that varies in implementation across boards.