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SABs Impossible Task Or Is It? Chris Paterson Infection Control Nurse. How it all began?. HEAT Targets! 30% reduction! Less contamination! Greater emphasis! Staff who care? Could practice be better? More required?. Where Were We?. Get the evidence?. Audit Collate Prepare Report
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SABs Impossible Task Or Is It? Chris Paterson Infection Control Nurse
How it all began? • HEAT Targets! • 30% reduction! • Less contamination! • Greater emphasis! • Staff who care? • Could practice be better? • More required?
Get the evidence? • Audit • Collate • Prepare • Report • Highlight • Action
Why? • Adherence to policy • Devices mismanaged • Hand Hygiene • Equipment cleanliness • Ambiguous paperwork • Time • Morale • I wasn’t here!
What’s needed? • Buy in • Start small (PDSA) • Promote perks • Identify goals • Set realistic time scales • Monitor
What changed? • Attitudes • Perceptions • Accountability • Paperwork • Care bundles • Prompt posters • Processes • Education
What’s next • Audit compliance • RCA • SBARs • Mandatory Education • Spot audit • Ward weekly audit • Action
Conclusion • Identify? • Market? • Evidence? • Improvement?
That’s not the hard bit? SUSTAINABILITY