Development of a Ward Accreditation Programme to Improve Infection Prevention and Control Compliance MSc PD 2011
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The last decade has seen a rapid increase in interest and awareness in healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and infection control. Infection control is now integral to healthcare organizations risk management systems (DoH 1993, 1999a).
HCAIs are not unique to the United Kingdom, yet media attention and government policy over the past 5 years in relation to reducing HCAIs and explicitly Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease (CDAD), is unprecedented. These infections now have the power to cause fear and anxiety for the public and many specify their choice of hospital treatment in relation to the hospital’s publicised rates of infection, linking these rates with quality of expected care and confidence in the NHS as an organisation. Consequently HCAIs remain one of the top five priority issues in the NHS Operating Framework since 2007 to present. (DoH, 2010)
It is therefore not surprising that significant effort has been made to identify key causes or simple solutions to the problem such as hospital deep cleans (PL/CNO, 2007) , yet the supportive evidence for effective interventions to prevent HCAIs remains slim.
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