Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 036 (c)
KEY ACTIVITIY ACTIONS PLANNED TO DELIVER ACTIVITY PLANNED COMPLETION DATE
Coordination of Plan
Identify an individual to oversee the
implementation plan-
• The plan is already in existence as the existing
policy has been updated.
• The Director of Infection Prevention and control is
responsible for overseeing implementation plan.
• IFC team are responsible for promoting principles
and issuing guidance throughout the trust
• Ward/Departmental managers, Matrons, Clinical
directors, Divisional Managers are responsible for
ensuring compliance against policy is met
Communication and Engagement • All clinical staff are affected by the policy. The
policy has been developed through work with staff
across all sites so the most influential staff have
been involved.
• Infection Control has a high profile within the Trust
and it is not considered there are specific issues in
engaging staff.
• There are a number of action plans in place to
drive forward the infection control programme
Identify the key messages to communicate to the
different stakeholder
• All staff within the organisation are responsible for
ensuring the prevention and control of infection.
• All staff are responsible for ensuring they adhere to
the correct policies and procedures.
• It is the responsibility of staff to ensure patients are
risk assessed and warded appropriately dependent
on type of organism and transmissibility.
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Consider how these messages will be
disseminated
• Policy to be distributed via team brief
• Desseminated through relevant committees i.e
o Infection Control Operational Committee
o Senior Nurse Forum.
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