NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOWCelebrating 10 Years in Practice, Education and Professional Development

Infection Prevention and Control Pocket ManualEducation Category

Victoria Herron

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

MRSA Nurses

Doctors

C-diffCare Assistants

Patients

TBPhysio/OT

Visitors

VRE Community Nurses

Students

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Patient Centred Care

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Policies

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Cost

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Ward Audits

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Increased Hospital Stays

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Media

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Steven Nolan

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

The Thought behind the Theory • RQIA

• NIPEC clinical supervision tool

• Convenience

• Beeches Management Centre

• NIPEC- Health Care Associated Infection : a review of staff training and development needs for infection prevention and control

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• Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurse

• Peer Reviews

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

Aims

• To provide an overview of the fundamental skills relating to infection prevention and control

• To highlight the importance of infection prevention and the responsibilities held by each person in relation to infection prevention and control

• To develop an appropriate standard within the ward

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

When to use Contact

Precautions

MRSAC-difficileNorovirusESBLVRE

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• Appropriate use of PPE

• Top Tips specific to RABIU

• RQIA style questions

• Order Codes/ Useful links

• Self Test Quiz

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Conclusions/Recommendations• Increased knowledge and compliance

• Evidence based/ Up-to-date

• Improved audits scores

• NIPEC

• Personal development

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Peer quotes

• ‘ I feel the manual has improved my understanding. I would feel more confident if approached by RQIA.’

• ‘It’s a good idea’

• ‘I feel up-to-date again’

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Impact to Patient/Client Care

• Increased satisfaction

• Improved confidence

• Patient Client Standards

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Thank you for listening