42% of Blood stream infections are directly associated with IV devices in situ (HPA, 2012).
In order to make implementation of high impact interventions easier best practice guidelines were grouped into CARE BUNDLES - designed to ensure standardised, safe, effective patient care and evidenced based practice related to management of invasive devices and invasive procedures.
Saving Lives High Impact Audit System Includes NHS England SAVING LIVES High Impact Interventions
The department of health in England in consultation with the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) have updated the saving lives care bundles and launched a number of High impact intervention care bundles. These can be found on the NHS Improvement website.
Medical Audits Saving Lives range of high impact audit tools have been developed to meet enable monitoring of compliance with these new High Impact Interventions.
Medical Audits High Impact audit tools Includes NHS Scotland’s Evidence for Care Bundles
NHS Scotland’s evidence for care bundles include Urinary Catheter care bundle, PVC care bundle, CVC care bundle, VAP bundle and Surgical Site care bundles – all of which have been updated in the past few years.
Saving Lives High Impact Assurance system includes Ireland’s HPSC High Impact Intervention care bundles
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) in Ireland has also updated its High impact infection control care bundles.
Medical Audits High Impact Assurance System Care Bundle Audit tool
Medical Audits have a range of care bundle audit tools and care bundle monitoring systems to support both ward based and Infection prevention team quality assurance audits.
Our High Impact Assurance system includes a range of audits for monitoring compliance.
As with all Medical Audits’ systems, the data is available in real time on the audit devices AND on up to the minute digital dashboards, providing staff with feedback as soon as the audit is completed.