Third Quarter Report on NHS Foundation Trusts’ Performance for 2007-8 April 4, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Corporate Governance, Financial Management, Governance, Grey Literature, Infection Control, Management.Tags: Financial Management, Grey Literature, Infection Control, MRSA, NHS Foundation Trusts, Quality
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Monitor’s Third quarter report on NHS foundation trusts’ performance for 2007-8, identifies good overall performance, with no NHS foundation trust currently at risk from intervention for financial reasons. Some NHS foundation trusts are failing to meet the target to reduce rates of MRSA, and seven NHS foundation trust have been required to attend meetings to explain their plans to improve performance in this area.
Latest Infection Control Data from the Health Protection Agency January 31, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control, Statistical Data.Tags: Clostridum Difficile, Grey Literature, Infection Control, MRSA, Statistical Data
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Predicably causing controversy in the mass media these are the latest results from the mandatory monitoring of Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA) bacteraemia and glycopeptide resistant enterococcal bacteraemia in October 2003, C. difficile associated disease.
Pandemic Influenza Guidance January 30, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control, Influenza, Pandemic.Tags: Ambulance Services, Cleaning Staff, Fire Service, Funeral Directors, Grey Literature, Guidance, Hospitality Industry, Infection Control, Influenza, Pandemic, Police, Refuse Collectors
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Everyone will be involved in the fight against pandemic influenza (flu) in terms of managing the impact it will have on society and preventing further spread of the infection. These booklets explain how the following groups can, in the course of their daily work, protect themselves, their colleagues and their families, and prevent the spread of flu.
The Health Act 2006: Code of practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections January 12, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control.Tags: Clostridium Difficile, Grey Literature, Hygiene, Infection Control, Legislation, MRSA, Regulation
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The Health Act 2006 Code of practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections of practice will help NHS bodies to plan and implement how they can prevent and control healthcare associated infections. It sets out criteria by which managers of NHS organisations are to ensure that patients are cared for in a clean environment and where the risk of health care associated infections is kept as low as possible.
Clean, Safe Care: Reducing infections and saving lives January 9, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control.Tags: Grey Literature, Infection Control, MRSA
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Clean, Safe Care: Reducing infections and saving lives discusses recent initiatives to tackle healthcare-associated infections and improve cleanliness. It also details new areas in which the NHS should consider investing to ensure that patients receive clean and safe treatment.
MRSA: Separating Fact from Fiction January 8, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control.Tags: Grey Literature, Hospitals, Infection Control, MRSA, Primary Care, Stakeholder Participation
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MRSA: Separating Fact from Fiction suggests the NHS could save millions if people with MRSA were sent home and not kept in hospital.
Home based treatment could also be better for the patient, said the report which was sponsored by the drug company Pfizer and produced by a panel of experts called the MRSA Separating Fact from Fiction Working Group in collaboration with the campaign group National Concern for Healthcare Infections.
The report said there is a need for an “integrated approach to the management, treatment and prevention of MRSA infection”.
Key to achieving this are clean hospitals, good infection control, and better information and treatment for patients.
The report calls for the following action:
- Give people accurate and user friendly information about MRSA and other HAIs.
- Tell people with MRSA about treatment options, including home treatment, if appropriate.
- Involve MRSA patients in treatment decisions.
- Consult the specialists, for instance microbiologists, about how to manage patients with MRSA and other HAIs.
- Hospital trusts should be ready to help MRSA patients be treated at home, if appropriate.
- MRSA patients treated at home should be supported and followed up and be given ongoing access to information and advice.
Hospital organisation, specialty mix and MRSA December 18, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Acute Services, Grey Literature, Hospitals, Infection Control.Tags: Grey Literature, Hospitals, Hygiene, Infection Control, MRSA, Speciality Mix, Temprary Staff
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Hospital organisation, specialty mix and MRSA presents an analysis of the contribution of organisational factors, such as bed occupancy rates, cleanliness and use of temporary staffing; to understand the variations in MRSA rates between different hospitals. The paper also examines how these relationships may have changed over time.
More on Pandemic…. November 26, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Infection Control, Influenza, Pandemic.Tags: Ambulance Services, Hospitals, Infection Control, Influenza, Local Authorities, Mental Health, Pandemic, Primary Care, Social Services, Strategic Planning
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Pandemic influenza: guidance for infection control in hospitals and primary care settings replaces the infection control guidance published in October 2005. The changes and amendments in this edition are detailed on page 4 and include updated advice on aerosol- generating procedures. This advice takes into consideration and addresses the categorisation of such procedures in the recently published interim guidance from the World Health Organization on ‘Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care’.
National Confidential Study of Deaths Following Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection November 11, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Grey Literature, Infection Control, Mortality, Nursing, Standards.Tags: Grey Literature, Infection Control, Mortality, MRSA, NHS Circulars, PL CNO(2007)7
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National Confidential Study of Deaths Following Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection is a qualitative research study that provides an in-depth description and evaluation of patient and institutional factors leading to the deaths of a small randomly selected sample of patients who died in NHS hospitals in England who had MRSA mentioned on their death certificate (pilot phase) or who died within 30 days of an MRSA positive blood culture specimen being taken (main phase). Produced by the Health Protection Agency and the subject of the latest Professional Letter for Nurses from the Chief Nursing Officer, PL CNO (2007)7: National confidential study of deaths following meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
What do clean hands look like? October 25, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Infection Control.Tags: Education, Infection Control, Training, Virtual Learning
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Effective hand washing is a pre-requisite for infection prevention. But how do staff and managers know how effectively they are washing their hands or what an effective technique is?
From HealthExec TV comes a discussion on the importance of embedding effective hand washing techniques in the working routine of all staff to reduce the risk of infection transmission.
This video covers effective hand washing techniques and a new system for assessing hand washing. There is though some product placement in this video.
Do It Clean October 18, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Infection Control.Tags: Infection Control, Mass Media
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HealthExecTV is a service we occasionally dip into over at Fade (usually when we know someone on one of the videos - we’re kinda shallow that way). Today it has the incredibly topical ‘Bringing the CleanYour Hands Campaign to Primary Care and the Community’ (you do have to give them some details about yourself in order to view the video) in which Paul Weaving, Safer Practice Lead for Infection Control at the National Patient Safety Agency, rounds up the success of the CleanYourHands Campaign in the Acute sector and discusses the latest launch into Primary and community health sectors.
Why is it topical? The Healthcare Commission are in the press following the release of the performance ratings for all NHS trusts in England. In it they reveal that a quarter of Trusts are still not meeting their hygiene standards. If you want to see what the media re saying about it you can do so here Alternatively you could subscribe to our mass media Infection Control 
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If you want to see how the Trust is doing, you can do so here.
Investigation into outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust October 12, 2007
Posted by western4uk in Clinical Governance, Current Awareness, Grey Literature, Health News, Infection Control, Mass Media, RSS Feeds, Staying Up-to-Date.Tags: Grey Literature, Health News, Infection Control, Mass Media, RSS Feeds
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Both yesterday and today the big news in the mass media has been the Healthcare Commission’s report (Investigation into outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust). The media coverage can be found in posts for 11th October 2007, 12th October 2007, and 13th - 15th October 2007 on our mass media focused Fade the Blog.
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