IPC & AMS: Beyond the Pandemic Crisis?

As we finally start to experience a flattening of the curve and IPC teams’ attention is starting to slowly turn from pandemic ‘crisis response’, questions about how the last few months will possibly impact HAI numbers and AMS programmes are beginning to surface.

In addition, how will hospitals manage the new reality of wards and departments containing SARS-CoV-2 infected patients mixing with those in the ‘highly vulnerable’ groups?

Our infographic below summarises the main points highlighted in a recent opinion piece on the topic (1):

Perhaps now is the time to harness the renewed enthusiasm and respect for infection control programmes in hospitals and make the business case for investment in technology to support and strengthen infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship efforts.

We can help you do this.

MEG’s award-winning digital Audit Management system is used in leading hospitals to:

• carry out audits on any kind of device, anytime, anywhere - even in poor connectivity

• quickly identify and prioritise problems with ‘risk-level’ heatmaps,

• create, delegate and automate actions/tasks to 'close-the-loop'

• check the status of non-compliance action items - even with maintenance teams; clear obstacles fast

• get detailed reports in real-time, and

• monitor compliance rates over time

MEG's integrated QIP tool is the workhorse of modern IPC and AMS teams.

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References

(1) Stevens, M., Doll, M., Pryor, R., Godbout, E., Cooper, K., & Bearman, G. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on traditional healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-2. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.141