Infection prevention is the practice of preventing disease causing microorganisms from entering facilities by implementing preventive measures commonly known as standard precautions. Prevention looks at everyday practices and interventions, ensuring that infections have little or no chance of spreading, eliminating the need to control their spread. Infection Control and Prevention is a term used to describe measures to protect against infection. Remember that any event in the year that significantly affects infection prevention or control should trigger a revision of the Infection Control and Prevention risk assessment. Sources: 2, 4, 9
Infection Shield Consulting will assist you in creating Infection Control and Prevention policy and procedures to inform your staff on variety of control measure required a work, to mitigate the risk of spread of infection.
Infection Shield Consulting and Dr. Kamyab Ghatan will make sure that your infection prevention and control program has the appropriate structure, administrative support and resources to be effective through a thorough audit and inspection. The company will make sure you have adequate resources from reputable organizations, such as WHO, CDC, APIC, Health Canada and etc. Infection Shield Consulting will review or create your Infection Control and Prevention policy and procedures and will coordinate policy planning for occupational health and safety with your business’s Occupational Health and Safety department.
Dr. Kamyab Ghatan will review the structure of your infection prevention and control program and will tailor it to the characteristics and needs of your organization.
Infection Shield Consulting will assist you to in reviewing and preparing the Annual Statement and would welcome to adapt it to support the training of your staff in your own workplace.
Your business auditor should know how to adhere to all areas of infection control practices and recommendations. Your facility’s compliance with infection prevention and control standards should be documented and monitored regularly to ensure best practice at all times. Your company should also write down your general practice and stress the importance of adhering to provincial, national and international Infection Control and Prevention standards. Sources: 3, 5, 9
individual departments must demonstrate that they have carried out a self-examination for infection control in the last 12 months as part of the annual audit procedure of the management.
It is strongly recommended to update or create a proper Infection Control Manual for your facility and Infection Control and Prevention can assist you with that.
From cleaners to managers, everyone in your facility should understand the standards of practice. All elements of occupational health services are important for infection prevention and control and it is recommended that staff be trained before recruitment and annually if otherwise necessary.
To address areas that need improvement, Infection Shield Consulting experts will identify the services needed to ensure a high level of Infection Control and Prevention practices at your organization or facility, and support you through a comprehensive assessment of current practices and processes. In addition, Infection Shield Consulting offers a wide range of written materials and resourcdes. Our COVID-19 resources are provided by variety of leading healthcare organizations, and are written by experts including health education personell, healthcare professionals, nurses, doctors and healthcare associations. Remember, health services can be made safer by evidence – based on written guidelines, procedures and policies. Sources: 1, 9
Our infection prevention and control team is dedicated to the safety and well-being of your staff. Our infection prevention team consists of a number of people who are responsible for implementing the components of the infection prevention program. Each infection prevention is an expert in the program has responsibilities related to the development, implementation, management and implementation of the program, as well as the management and control of infections. They typically serve as consultants, provide education and training, are committed to patient safety and quality improvement, work with other groups within your organization, serve on committees that make decisions and develop policies on infection and prevention, make recommendations on policies and procedures to your staff and employees, develop and implement infection prevention policies, design and manage programs, conduct research and development.
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