Care home infection control
Failure to safely follow infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in care homes, risking outbreaks and resident health.
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3 inquiries
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Inquiry recommendation
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R42 - Mandatory IPC training
Health Boards should ensure that all those working in a healthcare setting have mandatory infection prevention control training that includes CDI on appointment.
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terms: care, control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
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R12 - CDI infection control advice
Health Boards should ensure that when a patient has CDI patients and relatives are given clear and proper advice on the necessary infection control precautions.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
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R60 - Cleanliness Champions implementation
Health Boards should ensure that programmes designed to improve staff knowledge of good infection prevention and control practice, such as Cleanliness Champions Programme, are implemented without undue delay.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
74match
R66 - Healthcare environment maintenance
Health Boards should ensure that the healthcare environment does not compromise effective IPC, and that poor maintenance practices are not tolerated.
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terms: care
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R59 - Priority attendance at IPC meetings
Health Boards should ensure that attendance by members of committees in the infection prevention and control structure is treated as a priority.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R52 - IPC policy adherence audits
Health Boards should ensure that adherence to infection prevention and control polices, for example C. difficile and Loose Stools Policies, is audited at least annually.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R50 - 24/7 IPC cover
Health Boards should ensure that there is 24-hour cover for infection prevention and control seven days a week, and that contingency plans for leave and sickness absence are in place.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R43 - IPC staff regular training
Health Boards should ensure that Infection Control Nurses and Infection Control Doctors have regular training in infection prevention and control of which a record should be kept.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R9 - IPC clinical governance meetings
Health Boards should ensure that infection prevention and control is explicitly considered at all clinical governance committee meetings from local level to Board level.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
72match
R3 - IPC policy review
Health Boards should ensure that infection prevention and control policies are reviewed promptly in response to any new policies or guidance issued by or on behalf of the Scottish Government.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
68match
R61 - Unannounced inspections with lay representation
Health Boards should ensure that unannounced inspections of clinical areas are conducted by senior infection prevention and control staff accompanied by lay representation.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
59match
R16 - CDI outbreak reporting
Health Boards should ensure that the nurse in charge of each ward reports suspected outbreaks of CDI (as defined in local guidance) to the Infection Control Team.
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terms: control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
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SHI-11 - Training for IPC professionals engineers and clinicians
I would recommend that IPC professionals should receive some basic training on the recommendations made by the NHS's own guidance for engineering systems, insofar as they are made in the interests of patient safety and care, before they are recruited to work on large scale hospital projects. Similarly, engineers would benefit from basic training on infection control principles...
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terms: care, control, infection
Inquiry recommendation
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R2 - HAI implementation strategy
Scottish Government should ensure that policies and guidance on healthcare associated infection are accompanied by an implementation strategy and that implementation is monitored.
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terms: care, infection
Inquiry recommendation
49match
R63 - Effective CDI patient isolation
Health Boards should ensure that there is effective isolation of any patient who is suspected of suffering from CDI, and that failure to isolate is reported to senior management.
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Inquiry recommendation
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R73 - OCT report detail sufficiency
Health Boards should ensure that OCT3 reports provide sufficient details of the key factors in the spread of infection to allow a proper audit to be carried out.
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terms: infection
Inquiry recommendation
48match
R17 - Ward admission responsibility
Health Boards should ensure that where there is risk of cross infection, the nurse in charge of a ward has ultimate responsibility for admission of patients to the ward or bay.
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terms: infection
Inquiry recommendation
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R65 - Isolation for infectious diarrhoea
Health Boards should ensure that appropriate steps are taken to isolate patients with potentially infectious diarrhoea.
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Inquiry recommendation
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R62 - 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.
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R67 - Link Nurse training
Health Boards should ensure that, where a local Link Nurse system is in place as part of the IPS system, the Link Nurses have specific training for that role.
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R64 - Cohorting only exceptional
Health Boards should ensure that cohorting is not used as a substitute for single room isolation and is only resorted to in exceptional circumstances.
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R53 - Surveillance systems fit for purpose
Health Boards should ensure that surveillance systems are fit for purpose, are simple to use and monitor, and provide information on potential outbreaks in real time.
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Inquiry recommendation
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F240 - Hygiene
All staff and visitors need to be reminded to comply with hygiene requirements. Any member of staff, however junior, should be encouraged to remind anyone, however senior, of these.
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R20 - Stool records for CDI patients
Health Boards should ensure that where a patient has, or is suspected of having, C.difficile diarrhoea a proper record of the patient's stools is kept.
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