Risk of Spread of Infection
While much of the focus of Infection prevention standards is on the acute healthcare sector, the environment in a primary care settings can also be a source of spread on infections.
Cleaning the environment is an essential part of ensuring safe effective patient care and a safe patient environment.
Healthcare Providers whether in single GP surgeries or large Primary Care centres with a number of GPs and practice nurses must take essential steps to protect clients and staff from acquisition of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) in general practices.
The requirement to provide safe effective care is a necessary part of all healthcare standards. GPs and Primary care providers must evidence compliance with Infection Prevention and control standards and decontamination standards for commissioning bodies, HIQA auditors and other licencing authorities.
Auditing standardised definitions and then assessment against these standards to ensure consistent auditing and identification of risks is an essential part of quality assurance for primary care.
Using Medical Audits GP Practice Audit tool you can identify risks, highlight training requirements, assess practice in relation to safe care and evidence your compliance with standards.
Specifically designed for auditing Infection prevention Standards in Primary care settings, this audit system includes:
✔ Audit of waiting rooms,
✔ Auditing Infection control standards for toilets,
✔ Monitoring compliance in clinical and procedure rooms,
✔ Auditing cleaning standards in GP practices,
✔ Auditing Sharps safety in Primary care,
✔ Waste management for GP practices,
✔ Decontamination standards for primary care.
All our audit systems are based on best practice standards and guidelines. They are developed in consultation with Infection Prevention experts and reference the following standards and guidance:-
✔ High Impact Interventions (NHS Improvement & IPS, 2017).
✔ Guidance for Application of Standards and Recommended Practices in Primary Care Local Decontamination Units (HSE, Ireland 2016).
✔ National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland (HIQA, 2016).
✔ Standard Infection Control Precautions (SIPCs) (Health Protection Scotland 2016).
✔ Scottish Health Technical Note 3 NHS Scotland waste management guidance (2015)
✔ Decontamination of linen for health and social care: Social care (DOHUK, 2015).
✔ National Guidance for Safe Management of Linen in NHS Scotland 2015).
✔ Prevention and control of infection in care home – an information resource (Health Protection Agency, 2013).
✔ Management and disposal of healthcare waste (HTM 07-01) - England 2013.
✔ nfection Prevention and Control for Primary Care in Ireland (SARI, 2013).
✔ Code of Practice for Decontamination of Reusable Invasive Medical Devices (HSE,2012).
✔ EPIC 3 Guidelines on prevention of HCAI in England (2012).
✔ Quality and Process Improvement tools (Infection Prevention Society (IPS, 2008).
✔ HEALTHCARE RISK WASTE (DOH, Ireland, 2010).
✔ HEALTHCARE RISK WASTE MANAGEMENT SEGREGATION PACKAGING AND STORAGE GUIDELINES WASTE (DOH, Ireland, 2010).
MEDICAL AUDITS SYSTEMS MERGE INTO ONE WHOLE HEALTHCARE MONITORING SOLUTION
Because all our systems combine into one complete auditing and quality assurance system, you can seamlessly audit across acute hospitals, primary care teams, nursing homes, dental practices, GP practices, out-patient clinics, prison services and more.