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Assessment tool when considering using a building, room or venue for clinical care or consultation outside of your Trust

As a community Trust providing a vast range of services at multiple locations, nearly all of which are grace and favour, we are looking at an infection prevention and management checklist to simplify, benchmark and provide assurance that these facili...

12 November, 2024 | Sam Lonnen- GHCNFT | 7 Comments

High Impact Intervention audits

We have recently been  looking at our high impact intervention audit compliance (formerly saving lives) and note that the standards have not been revised since 2017 and were due a review in 2020, is anyone aware if there are any plans for these...

23 October, 2024 | Dawn Cursons | 0 Comments

Diverse Learning Needs When Facilitating IPC Training

I am part of a group that are reviewing our training material and presentation style, and how we can ensure it is accessible to all staff ,  Some of whom may have various learning styles or face challenges with accessibility of the current train...

22 October, 2024 | Clare Mc Laughlin | 0 Comments

Decontamination Lead

Hi Anyone working as the Decontamination Lead with an Outsourced SSD facility, would you like to share experience.

9 October, 2024 | Romaine Barltrop | 2 Comments

Isolation precaution signs/ posters for bays & side rooms

Hi all. We are revising the isolation precaution posters for bays & side rooms we use at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston. Would it be possible for other trusts to share what they are successfully using  for a working group I am par...

4 October, 2024 | Sarah Beech | 1 Comment

Endoscopy QIT merge with IHEEM audit?

We are fortunate in that the Trust i work for has two excellent Endoscopy Departments who work hard (and succeed) in maintaining JAG compliance year in and year out. Looking at the IPS QIT's for endoscopy reveals that they have not been updated since...

11 September, 2024 | Sam Lonnen- GHCNFT | 1 Comment

Disposal of extra ventricular drains (EVD)

Hi, can i ask how trusts that use EVDs dispose of them, which waste stream etc.  many thanks 

16 August, 2024 | Helen Oulton | 0 Comments

Getting rid of green tape

Hi All. We are taking the bull by the horns and stopping the use of green assurance tape and stickers, as we don't feel they actually do provide assurance. Has anyone else done this? Could you share your experience please? What are you doing instead,...

13 August, 2024 | Elizabeth Hall | 4 Comments

Hydrotherapy and multi-resistant organisms

I am Team Leader at a Children's Hospice . I am seeking evidence based practice in regards to hydrotherapy for those children who are colonised with multi-resistant organisms such as ESBL, CPE, C-Diff and MRSA. We do not want to deny them a lovely ex...

7 August, 2024 | Lindsey Maddocks | 1 Comment

PPAM Aids

Hi, please share your decontamination thoughts - as the IFU states detergent, alcohol or steam sterilise for 2-3 mins. Am looking for help for deco. practices when  in-patients are  in isolation. Many thanks

6 August, 2024 | Jane Cozens | 0 Comments
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