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Volume 5, Issue 7 (Suppl)
J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2332-0877
Infection Prevention 2017
December 14-15, 2017
December 14-15, 2017 | Rome, Italy
13
th
World Congress on
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
The importance of infection control risk assessment in healthcare settings
Zarina Bee Nazeer
ICC Armed Forces Hospital , Saudi Arabia
Introduction:
Patient Safety and Quality Patient Care is the ultimate goal of patient care in any healthcare facility. Infection
Prevention and Control is the epicenter of Patient Care Delivery, therefore the Infection Control Programme in Healthcare
Settings must include the IC Risk Assessment policy which must be proactively done to prevent infections and outbreaks, by
assessing the potential risks which may disrupt the IC efforts.
Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA):
Infection Prevention and Control (PCI) Risk Assessment describes the Infection
risks which is unique to the institution. This Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) will help the institution to assess the
Complexity of the Risk identified and the possible actions to reduce the effects of the risk. The risk scoring will help determine
the severity of the risk and the prioritization of each risk identified. Risk assessment is an ongoing process because infection
risk changes overtime and at times rapidly. An infection control risk assessment must consider different elements before
establishing IPC policies and procedures, goals and objectives. A written, hospital wide comprehensive risk assessment plan
is essential in any healthcare organization because it is a first step in a systematic process to create and implement PCI Plan.
Infection Control Risk Assessment Plan:
The Healthcare Accreditation bodies (viz. JCIA – Standard PCI.7) has included
the ICRA as a requirement for written risk assessments documenting how the healthcare facility is prioritizing patient and
healthcare worker safety. The PCI Risk Assessment will be done by the Multidisciplinary Team members which may include
representation from Infection Control , Environmental Health and Safety( EH&S) , Facilities & Engineering and Continuous
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQI&PS). The infection control committee members will review and approve the
facility wide PCI Risk Assessment and the PCI programme Plan for the set year. The documents will include the following:
assessment of risk, assessment of services provided, and assessment of the population served, prioritized strategies to decrease
the risk, PCI Plan for the set year. The plan is formally reviewed at least annually and whenever significant changes occur in
the elements that affects risk.
Biography
Zarina Bee Nazeer has completed her Diploma in Nursing (General, Psychiatric, Community) and Midwifery from Natal College of Nursing, R K Khan Campus
Durban South Africa. She has passed the SAMTRAC course by NOSA, safety management and training cum laude in 2001. She has completed the Infection
Prevention and Control Course in 2011 at Netcare Nursing Academy in Durban South Africa. She has more than 28 years of experience in the healthcare
setting. She is currently the Infection Control Coordinator at AFHSR in Khamis Mushayt KSA. She has been a speaker on infection control topics locally and
internationally. She is a presentor at AFHSR IC Mandatory Training course for all staff. She has coordinated, co-directed and facilitated IC educational activities and
has been extensively involved in major infection control activities, projects and programs for the past 15 years, including commissioning of new facilities, developing
surveillance programs and evaluating IC programs. She is an active team player and has been instrumental in the Infection Control Service element for JCIA at
AFHSR. The hospital has successfully passed the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA February 2017).
zdacc@rocketmail.comZarina Bee Nazeer, J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:7(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-035