NHS Wales
The publically funded National Health Service of Wales is NHS Wales and is responsible for providing safe good healthcare to all of their 3 million people.
Their key principle is that ‘good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth’.
Health Boards
- Aneurin Bevan Health Board;
- Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board;
- Cardiff & Vale University Health Board;
- Hywel Dda Health Board;
- Cwm Taf Health Board;
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; and
- Powys Teaching Health Board.
Welsh Infection Prevention
Welsh Healthcare Associated Infection Programme (WHAIP) produced a number of key Infection prevention and control documents in 2014.
These included National Model Policies for Infection Prevention and Control which lays out the Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) and Transmission based precautions
All health care organisations in the UK are required to comply with national statutory or
Regulatory standards for infection prevention and control.
In England and Wales, the Health and Social Care Act, 2008 introduced a statutory requirement for the management of infection prevention and control. This lead to the Code of Practice (DH, 2010).
1000 Lives Plus Improvement Initiative is a whole of Wales campaign to improve patient care.
The Welsh approach targets all healthcare associated infections and not solely on MRSA and Clostridioides difficile (formally known as Clostridium difficile).
The key outcome measure in the campaign is the overall HCAI rate.
The interventions have 3 main approaches:
- Preventing transmission through standard hygiene precautions, decontamination and isolation
MEDICAL AUDITS TS+ ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE WITH A RANGE OF STANDARDS AND ELEMENTS DESIGNED TO ASSIST HOSPITALS IN ENSURING BEST PRACTICE.
- Preventing infection through better stewardship of antibiotics and rigorously applying effective techniques to prevent surgical site infection, ventilator associated pneumonia, central line infections and urinary catheter infection.
MEDICAL AUDITS TS+ CARE BUNDLE AUDITS SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE WITH A RANGE OF STANDARDS BASED ON EPIC 3 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASSIST HOSPITALS IN ENSURING BEST PRACTICE.
- Responding rapidly to early signs of infection.
MEDICAL AUDITS TS+ CARE BUNDLE AUDITS SUPPORT HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN RECOGNISING EARLY SIGNS OF DEVICE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS HELPING IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY
Auditing Care Bundles – Management of Invasive devices
TS+ Intravenous device care bundles are EPIC 3 compliant and designed to ensure you can monitor practice in a standardised way.
Feedback of results is instant – on the auditing devices, on real time digital dashboards and via our web based management and reporting system.
Medical Audits TS+ ensures you can evidence compliance with Wales’ IV device care bundles and urinary catheter care bundles (High impact interventions) and provide safe and effective use of invasive devices, such as peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) central venous catheters (CVCs) and Urinary Catheters.
Auditing Hand Hygiene
Medical audits TS+ hand hygiene auditing system provides touch screen mobile auditing solution for observation audit of the 5 Moments for hand hygiene.
The system supports the WHO 5 moments concept as well as bare below elbow and technique monitoring.
Supporting Wales’ ‘Clean your hands’ campaign and implementation of the WHO multi model strategy.
Environmental Auditing System
Medical Audits TS+ environmental audits include all the standards for monitoring compliance with the Health and Social Care Act, 2008. Our auditing system includes measurement and audit of all relevant outcomes
This includes auditing systems for Linen, Waste, Sharps, Patient equipment, environmental hygiene, cleaning standards, Isolation precautions and so much more.
All our systems are designed and developed specifically for mobile healthcare auditing – This is our specialist field and we have years of clinical experience that ensures we provide systems that meet the unique needs of healthcare.
Results are available on the auditing devices for immediate feedback.
Digital dashboards and specifically designed reports provide analysis to enable targeting of training and resources.
Medical Audits supply a range of the audits and care bundles that are based on the highest standards of care and the most up to date research – Helping you ensure your teams provide the highest quality care and providing you with the evidence for quality assurance.