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HEAT Targets for Infection Control: Achieving Sustainability Through Improved Practices

Explore how an infection control nurse initiated a 30% reduction in contamination by emphasizing staff care. Uncover the audit, collation, preparation, reporting, and action steps that led to better adherence and management of devices, hand hygiene, and equipment. Discover how promoting perks, setting realistic goals, and monitoring changes transformed attitudes, accountability, and education. Dive into vascular access audits, SBARs, and mandatory education for sustained improvement. Market evidence and sustain progress for long-term success.

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HEAT Targets for Infection Control: Achieving Sustainability Through Improved Practices

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  1. SABs Impossible Task Or Is It? Chris Paterson Infection Control Nurse

  2. How it all began? • HEAT Targets! • 30% reduction! • Less contamination! • Greater emphasis! • Staff who care? • Could practice be better? • More required?

  3. Where Were We?

  4. Get the evidence? • Audit • Collate • Prepare • Report • Highlight • Action

  5. Why? • Adherence to policy • Devices mismanaged • Hand Hygiene • Equipment cleanliness • Ambiguous paperwork • Time • Morale • I wasn’t here!

  6. What’s needed? • Buy in • Start small (PDSA) • Promote perks • Identify goals • Set realistic time scales • Monitor

  7. What changed? • Attitudes • Perceptions • Accountability • Paperwork • Care bundles • Prompt posters • Processes • Education

  8. SABS: Vascular Access

  9. Where Are We?

  10. What’s next • Audit compliance • RCA • SBARs • Mandatory Education • Spot audit • Ward weekly audit • Action

  11. Conclusion • Identify? • Market? • Evidence? • Improvement?

  12. That’s not the hard bit? SUSTAINABILITY

  13. Any questions?

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