Transcript BUG WATCH - Women's and Children's Hospital

BUG WATCH
Infection Control
Awareness Program
Who is most at risk of
infection in hospital ?
The Patient
Many infections are
vaccine preventable
Measles
 Mumps
 Rubella
 Pertussis
 Chicken-pox
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Many are not…….
Rotavirus
 Adenovirus
 Norwalk virus
 Rhinovirus
 Parainfluenanae viruses
 Cold sores
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Vaccine preventable
Measles
Vaccine preventable (recently)
Varicella or Chicken-pox
Congenital varicella
Who do patients get
their infections from ?
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Other patients
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Visitors
Staff
Preventing the
spread..…….from other
patients
SECTION :
Infection Control
POLICY TITLE :
Room Allocation to
Patients with
Contagious Diseases or
Recent Contact with
Contagious Diseases
Manage the risk……..
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CATEGORY A
Very High Risk of Cross Infection or Adverse Outcome
Mandatory Negative pressure single room
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CATEGORY B
High Level of Cross Infection
Mandatory Single room or cohort same contagious agent
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CATEGORY C
Moderate Risk of Cross Infection
Single Room in Selected Circumstances
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CATEGORY D
High Risk to the Newborn
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CATEGORY E
Low risk of Cross Infection
Rooming in not allowed
No segregation required
Preventing the spread…….
from employees and
volunteers
SECTION :
Infection Control
POLICY TITLE :
Management of WCH
Employees with
Infectious Diseases
Preventing the spread……
from visitors
SECTION :
Infection Control
POLICY TITLE :
Visitors with Contagious
Diseases
Infections in visitors
May seem to be nothing
 May indeed be something
 May be easily transmissible
 May be devastating for the
patient
chicken-pox
cold sores
RSV
pertussis
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Education is the key
Infection Control
Awareness Program for
Visitors
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Infection Control Team
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Centre for Health Promotion
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Public Relations and Voluntary
Services
The Message
If you have an infection
please don’t visit !
Spreading the message
Telephone on hold message
 Posters
 Stand alone pamphlets
 Message in other pamphlets,
booklets
 Radio message
 Press message
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Staff will help with the
message
 If
you are not sure
whether you should visit
please ring first
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To the Friends of the
WCH
THANK YOU