A. Compliance Status Nightingale Community Hospital is a healthcare leader that believes in providing the best quality care to all of their patients. As part of Nightingale’s mission to put the patient first‚ the hospital must meet National Patient Safety standards established by the hospital in accordance with the Joint Commission. As such‚ Nightingale Hospital participates in the Surgical Infection Prevention Program for the collection of core measures as it pertains to Universal Protocol (UP)
Premium Joint Commission Hospital Hospital accreditation
AFT Task 1 AFT2 Accreditation Audit July 5‚ 2015 Western Governor’s University Table of Contents Compliance Status……...…………………………………………………………………..…….3 Plan for Compliance………………………..………………………………………………….....3 Justification…………………………………………………………………………..…………...4 Source………………………………………………………………………………………..……5 Compliance Status PC .01.01.07 Pain is assessed in all patients (The Joint Commission‚ 2013) Finding: In outpatient rehabilitation‚ the initial assessment of pain does not indicate
Premium Pain Hospital
work to address any deficiencies found on our state audits. As always‚ our goal is for 100% compliance in all survey areas as even a 1% deficiency brings the potential for patient injury or death and for increased hospital operating costs. On our last Joint Commission survey‚ four priority focus areas were identified: information management‚ medication management‚ communication and infection control. In order to address any deficiencies in each of these areas and in preparation for our next
Premium Hospital accreditation Joint Commission Adverse drug reaction
AFT Task 4 Periodic Performance Review Big Guy Western Governors University AFT Task 4 Periodic Performance Review DEFINITION: A periodic performance review (PPR) is a self-assessment of standards all of which are applicable to a health care organization. The Joint Commission of Healthcare Organization conducts triennial surveys of health care organizations. The PPR involves an annual assessment of an organization’s performance. The PPR show the organizations performance in relationship to
Premium Nursing
hand hygiene compliance and a number are currently under development. The hand hygiene audit tool is the authors choice and has been successfully used at Lewisham Hospital and is adapted from the NPSA (2004) clean your hands campaign. 85% of hospital infections are caused by contamination of hands and this costs the Trusts between 1.2-1.9 billion pounds a year. (DOH 2008). Hand washing is widely acknowledged to be the single most important activity for reducing the spread of infection‚ yet evidence
Premium Hygiene Public health Health care
Procedures Followed to Control and Prevent Nosocomial / Hospital Acquired Infection’s (HCAI’S) Table of Contents Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………Page 1 Essay……………………………………………………………………….……………Page 2 – 7 Reference List………………………………………………………………….……….Page 8 The Nursing Procedures Followed to Control and Prevent Nosocomial / Hospital Acquired Infection’s (HCAI’S) This essay will explore the subject Infection Control and how Healthcare Professionals control and prevent nosocomial
Premium Nosocomial infection Staphylococcus aureus Hand washing
responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1.1 explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection 1.2 explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection 2 Understand legislation and policies relating to prevention and control of infections 2.1 outline current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection 2.2 describe local and organisational
Premium Hygiene UCI race classifications Tour de Georgia
Level 2 Award in the Prevention and Control of Infection (7395) Centre resource pack 500/4272/5 www.cityandguilds.com September 2008 Version 1.0 About City & Guilds City & Guilds is the UK’s leading provider of vocational qualifications‚ offering over 500 awards across a wide range of industries‚ and progressing from entry level to the highest levels of professional achievement. With over 8500 centres in 100 countries‚ City & Guilds is recognised by employers worldwide for providing qualifications
Premium National Vocational Qualification Learning Quality assurance
The aim of this essay is to discuss and analyse the fundamental issues of infection control which underpins Adult Nursing. The topic for discussion is infection control/nosocomial infections in particular Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). There are varying degrees of the strain Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and some strains are classed as MRSA (National Health Service (NHS) Plus‚ 2005). Not all strains of the bacterium will cause an epidemic. Epidemic causing MRSA is classified
Premium Patient Bacteria Antibiotic resistance
INFECTION CONTROL Pathogen- Infectious agent Colonization- If microorganism is present or invades host‚ grows and/or multiplies but does not cause infection. Communicable disease- if infectious disease can be transmitted from one person to another. -Symptomatic-if pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs/symptoms. -Asymptomatic- if no s/s are present *CHAIN OF INFECTION: 1. An infectious agent or pathogen 2. A reservoir or source for pathogen growth 3. A portal of exit from the
Premium Bacteria Microbiology Infectious disease