Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim - 09 October 2012 - Regulation and ...

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Recommendations 1. The trust should work to improve, monitor and ensure that environmental cleaning is carried out effectively, that patient equipment is fit for purpose and that the environment is in a good state of repair. 2. The trust should work on the repair and maintenance of ward and public environments and to replace damaged fixtures and fittings. 3. The trust and staff should work to improve storage and maintain clutter free ward environments. 4. The trust should ensure all relevant information is available for patients, visitors and staff to reference. 5. The trust should ensure that all staff are aware of the importance of monitoring fridge temperatures. 16
7.0 Patient Linen STANDARD 3.0 PATIENT LINEN Storage of clean linen; handling and storage of used linen; ward/ department laundry facilities. Patient linen C1 A3 C4 C5 Storage of clean linen 100 100 100 100 Storage of dirty linen 93 100 100 100 Laundry facilities N/A N/A N/A N/A Average Score 97 100 100 100 7.1 Management of Linen Staff in all wards are to be commended for their good practices in the handling and storage of clean and used linen. Had the frame of linen skips in Ward C4 not been damaged, all wards would have been fully compliant in this standard. 17
Page 1 and 2: RQIA Infection Prevention/Hygiene U
Page 3 and 4: 1.0 Inspection Summary An unannounc
Page 5 and 6: Table 1 Areas inspected C1 A3 C4 C5
Page 7 and 8: 2.0 Background Information to the I
Page 9 and 10: 4.0 Unannounced Inspection Process
Page 11 and 12: Level of Compliance Percentage scor
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Page 17: 6.6 Additional Issues Ward A3 Ward
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Page 27 and 28: Similar issues were identified in W
Page 29 and 30: 12.0 Key Personnel and Information
Page 31 and 32: 13.0 Summary of Recommendations 1.
Page 33 and 34: Reporting & Re-Audit Episode of Ins
Page 35 and 36: 16.0 Action Plan Antrim Area Hospit
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Page 39 and 40: Ref number Recommendations 13. Furt
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