Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality Account 2016-2017
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality account 2016-2017
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality account 2016-2017
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We said we would:<br />
Provide care that is safe by reducing harm by reducing hospital acquired methicillin sensitive<br />
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infections.<br />
What we achieved:<br />
What: Reduce the number of patients with MSSA<br />
How In 2015/<strong>2016</strong> 24 patients developed a trust-attributable MSSA bacteraemia. For<br />
Much: <strong>2016</strong>/<strong>2017</strong> the Infection Prevention forward plan was to have no more than 18<br />
patients with <strong>Trust</strong> attributable MSSA bacteraemia.<br />
When: March <strong>2017</strong><br />
Outcome: Between April <strong>2016</strong> and March <strong>2017</strong> there were 15 patients with trust-attributable<br />
MSSA bacteraemia, which represents a reduction of 38% on the previous year:<br />
We progressed this priority through:<br />
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The implementation of the MSSA bacteraemia reduction plan for<br />
<strong>2016</strong>/<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Post Infection review meeting within 48 hours for every case of NGH<br />
<strong>Trust</strong> attributable MSSA bacteraemia.<br />
Discussion of all incidents at the monthly Infection Prevention Operational<br />
Group.<br />
Lessons learnt and MSSA patient cases shared across the <strong>Trust</strong> through<br />
Infection Prevention Team patient safety alerts and ward huddle sheets.<br />
ANTT( Aseptic Non-Touch Technique) refresher training for any ward that<br />
has a line-related MSSA bacteraemia<br />
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