Moatfield Surgery Infection Prevention and Control Report

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• Known infection transmission event and actions arising from this
  • No infection events from staff or patients. No post procedure infections
• Audits undertaken and subsequent actions
  • IPC audit completed and actions discussed at the management team meeting
  • Awaiting final IT audit report re wiring, desk cleaning and keyboards
  • Hand washing audit – no changes required
  • A number of premises upgrades have been identified such as patient seating and are now for discussion with the Partnership
  • This year there have been a number of improvements including new flooring in some clinical areas, skips to reduce clutter, new cleaning service arrangements, new chairs amongst others.
  • Reminder to all clinicians that sharps bins should be stored in the closed position
  • Clinicians in rooms 1-7 use paper towels to turn off taps as we cannot have elbow taps fitted.
• Risk assessments undertaken for the prevention and control of infection
  • Inclusion of children’s books in the waiting room
  • Each clinician asses the cleanliness of their room and equipment during practice. We have agreed again that signature sheets are not required as cleanliness and safety are part of our registration agreement.
  • Staff food left overnight in fridges is labelled. Unlabelled food is discarded
• Education and training received by staff
  • We have an induction and review process for training which is monitored
  • Induction process to be updated to include time with IPC lead
• Review and update of policies, procedures and guidance
  • IPS policy updated, no changes to policies and procedures required

Significant events involve examples of good practice as well as challenging events. Positive events are discussed at meetings to allow all staff to be appraised in areas of best practice. Negative events are managed by the staff member who either identified or was advised of any potential shortcoming. This person will complete a Significant Event Analysis (SEA) form which commences an investigation process to establish what can be learnt and to indicate changes that might lead to future improvements.

All significant events are reviewed and discussed at meetings each month. Any learning points are cascaded to all relevant staff where an action plan, including audits or policy review, may follow.

In the past year, there have been no significant events raised which related to infection control. There have also been no  complaints made regarding cleanliness or infection control. 

The management team discuss infection prevention control regularly and monitor any changes. They recognise the difficulties encountered working in an old building and have taken precautions to minimise these. There have been no significant events related to IPC this year

Last Reviewed 20/12/2024