Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

Part 3 - Other Information
6.4 Overview of the quality of care offered 2011/12
Safe Care
Priority 1: To reduce our numbers of Healthcare Associated Infections
MRSA: The goal to reduce the number for 2011/12 was achieved with only two cases reported as
Trust attributed. No cases of MRSA bacteraemia (MSRAB) were reported within WCHS following its
merger with GWH on 1 st June 2012.
Local initiatives to ensure MRSA infection remain minimal have included:
• Sustained improvement with care bundles for peripheral lines and urinary catheters
• Ensuring admission risk assessments are completed on all patients and acted upon
• Daily monitoring of MRSA admission screening of elective and emergency patients
• Development of a core training programmes for nurses, doctors and pharmacists which has
included key information on antibiotic prescribing
• Improving care for diabetic patients in Swindon thus helping to reduce the complications that
are often associated in MRSABs
GRAPH – MRSA – GWH
MRSA -GWH
Total Target
Total Achieved
7
6
6
6
Total Number
5
4
3
Total
Target
of 6
or less
5
Total
Target
of 5 or
less
3
2
1
0
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
April 2009 to March 2012
2
Total
Target
of 2 or
less
2
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