Nursing Homes and Residential Care
Although most of us hope we can live at home all our lives, for many of us Nursing homes and residential care services become essential to our safety, wellbeing and comfort in our final years.
These nursing homes and care homes prevent the loneliness and isolation of living on our own as well as providing a safe secure place to live with regular nourishing meals, access to Nursing care should we need it and a programme of services to ensure we remain engaged and interested in living.
HAND HYGIENE TRAINING
Hand Hygiene Training delivered by Infection prevention Experts – onsite in your premises or online via our online training portal
INFECTION PREVENTION and COVID -19 TRAINING
Infection Prevention and COVID-19 Training delivered by Infection prevention Experts – onsite in your premises or online via our online training portal
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AND TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS TRAINING
Standard Precautions and Transmission based precautions training delivered by Infection prevention Experts – onsite in your premises or online via our online training portal
CONSULTANCY and ADVICE -
Infection Prevention and Control advice and expertise to assist with Infection control outbreak management and preventing re-occurrence of outbreaks of infection
CONSULTANCY and ADVICE
COVID-19 and coronavirus support, advice and guidance to assist with COVID-19 outbreak management and preventing re-occurrence of Coronavirus outbreaks
CONSULTANCY and ADVICE –
Development of quality improvement plans, action plans and cleaning manuals to assist with CQC and HIQA complaince
INDEPENDENT INFECTION CONTROL AUDITS
Infection Control audits to assess compliance with HIQA and CQC infection Control standards and guidelines for non acute settings
INFECTION CONTROL AUDITS
Audits of compliance with COVID-19 recommendations and best practiced standards to reduce spread of Coronavirus
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AND COVID-19 AUDIT SOFTWARE
developed to enable auditing of the key areas of healthcare worker practice in preventing spread of COVID-19
INFECTION PREVENTION AUDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE
developed to assist both staff and managers in the assessment of a residential care setting in order to identify training requirements, areas for repair or replacement and in order to evidence compliance with standards
Veronica McCormack
Owner
Glenaulin Nursing Home
Dublin
Glenaulin Nursing Home recently availed of the services of Medical Audits Ltd to conduct an internal audit on Infection Prevention and Control.
We have been extremely impressed with the quality of their service, the professionalism they display and timeliness of the information they provide.
It has been advantageous to experience the consistency of their work and efficiencies of their service. Clinical director, Ann Higgins has extensive knowledge and understanding of our service needs and what is required to achieve the required standard. They are knowledgeable, engaging and proactive.
What we have learnt from our experience with Medical Audits Ltd throughout and post audit have been extremely beneficial as we aim to copper fasten and embellish our infection prevention and control measures.
I would highly recommend the services of Ann and the Medical Audit team.
Specifically designed for auditing Infection prevention Standards in residential care settings, this audit system includes:
- Audit of residents rooms
- Toilets
- Clinical rooms
- Kitchens
- Clean utility rooms
- Sluice rooms,
- Communal areas
- Linen management
- Waste standard audits
- Sharps safety audits.
All our audit systems are based on best practice standards and guidelines.
They are developed in consultation with Infection Prevention experts and reference the following standards and guidance:-
- National standards for infection prevention and control in community services (HIQA, 2018)
- High Impact Interventions (NHS Improvement & IPS, 2017).
- Guidance for Application of Standards and Recommended Practices in Primary Care Local Decontamination Units (HSE, Ireland 2016).
- National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland (HIQA, 2016).
- Standard Infection Control Precautions (SIPCs) (Health Protection Scotland 2016).
- Scottish Health Technical Note 3 NHS Scotland waste management guidance (2015)
- Decontamination of linen for health and social care: Social care (DOHUK, 2015).
- National Guidance for Safe Management of Linen in NHS Scotland 2015).
- Prevention and control of infection in care home – an information resource (Health Protection Agency, 2013).
- Management and disposal of healthcare waste (HTM 07-01) – (England 2013).
- Code of Practice for Decontamination of Reusable Invasive Medical Devices (HSE,2012)
- EPIC 3 Guidelines on prevention of HCAI in England (2012).
- Quality and Process Improvement tools (Infection Prevention Society (IPS, 2008).
- HEALTHCARE RISK WASTE (DOH, Ireland, 2010).
- HEALTHCARE RISK WASTE MANAGEMENT SEGREGATION PACKAGING AND STORAGE GUIDELINES WASTE (DOH, Ireland, 2010)
Infection Prevention and Control – Essential to Safe Care
We all know that the very young and very old are most vulnerable to infections.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has demonstrated just how vulnerable the elderly really are.
If we live alone and have little contact with others the change of contracting viruses including COVID-19 are low.
However, when we live in care homes and nursing homes we have lots of contact with others. Other residents, Nursing home staff and care workers, and even our family visitors, all essential to our wellbeing become sources of infection from Influenza, Winter Vomiting bugs and now COVID-19.
MEDICAL AUDITS SYSTEMS MERGE INTO ONE WHOLE HEALTHCARE MONITORING SOLUTION
Because all our systems combine into one complete auditing and quality assurance system, you can seamlessly audit across acute hospitals, primary care teams, nursing homes, residential care settings, Dental practices, GP practices, out-patient clinics, prison services and more.