Infection Control for Practice
This presentation will provide guidance for those working in primary care to implement an effective infection prevention and control programme, that covers requirements for Foundation standard accreditation.
Description
Ruth Barratt will present this session. Ruth is an Independent IPC & Quality Advisor, Clinical nurse Consultant IPC.
Session will include the following topics:
- Essentials of infection prevention- governance, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, staff health
- Cleaning, disinfection & sterilisation
- Waste management
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Maintaining pandemic preparedness