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An infection risk assessment must consider a variety of elements before establishing IPC protocol, goals and objectives. Here’s what to look for: 1. Geography/Topography/Weather. Depending on where you are located, IPC efforts may be hindered by Mother Nature.
Piateck and Bender spoke with Infection Control Today® (ICT®) about their presentation at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 2023 Annual Conference and Exhibition, held in Orlando, Florida, June 26 to 28, 2023. They discussed the key points of their presentation and the takeaways for infection ...
When reviewing an infection control risk assessment for a construction project, it is essential that the infection preventionist understand the impact on water sources in the surrounding locations. If water shut-offs are required, alternative sources for handwashing, food preparation, and other patient care activities need to be identified.
Dust mitigation during construction should be detailed in the infection control risk assessment written and approved before starting work. Placing immunocompromised patients in positive pressure rooms to reduce the risk of mold infections. Positive pressure rooms are designed to prevent the infiltration of contaminated air from outside the room.
The IP’s role is to ensure that the work is carried out to properly reduce the risk of potential infections and comply with the recommendations and policies dictated by local, state, and federal laws. It is not the IP’s responsibility to instruct a contractor on how to complete a task. 1. Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) 6 is a ...
1. Educate the construction team and healthcare staff in immune-compromised patient-care areas regarding the airborne infection risks associated with construction projects, dispersal of fungal spores during such activities, and methods to control the dissemination of fungal spores. 2. Incorporate mandatory adherence agreements for infection ...
The infection control risk assessment is a key component, and as Johnson explains, "The IP’s role in the ICRA process is very important. Clinical staff members for the space to being built or renovated understand their space very well, but may not be aware of the infection concerns in adjacent spaces.
The second deficiency most often seen is failing to assess, identify, and control facility-specific risks that could negatively influence or prevent successful infection prevention and control. This risk assessment must be consistent with professional standards set forth by any of the official 24 certifying medical specialty boards ...
There is a place for risk assessment. Risk assessment is when you are identifying issues that may pose a risk and deciding how much of a risk. For example, our surveyors use what’s called “tracer methodology.” 3 IPs do this every day, all the time. You walk around your organization, and you look at things, and you say, “That doesn’t ...
In today's environment of transparency and reform, understanding legal liability for healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) is more critical than ever for infection preventionists as they assist their risk managers and patient safety officers with quality improvement initiatives. By Kelly M. Pyrek. Enhancing quality, promoting patient safety and ...