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Volume 6 Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
ISSN: 2332-0877 Infection Prevention 2018
December 06-07, 2018
December 06-07, 2018 | Valencia, Spain
14th World Congress on
Infection Prevention and Control
Infection prevention control and organisational patient safety culture within the context of isolation:
Analysis from phase 1 maPSaF workshops
Julian Hunt
Swansea University, UK
Introduction: Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. HCAI remains a costly
burden to health services, a source of concern to patients and the public and at present, is receiving priority from policy makers
as it contributes to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. This presentation introduces a new study that explores the
ways in which adherence to IPC strategies and principles inform and shape organisational patient safety culture and vice versa.
Methods: The study involves qualitative case studies within isolation settings at two district general hospitals within one health
board in Wales, UK. The study incorporates Manchester Patient Safety Framework (MaPSaF) workshops, interviews with
health workers, other hospital staff, patients and their relative / carer, and periods of hospital ward observation.
Results: This presentation offers analysis drawn from the Phase 1 MaPSaF workshops. MaPSaF is designed specifically for use
in the NHS and provides a view of safety culture on 10 dimensions at 5 progressive levels of safety maturity. The utilisation of
MaPSaF in this study has enabled the generation of a profile of maturity of patient safety culture within each hospital setting in
terms of areas of relative strength and challenge.
Discussion: Understanding the ways in which IPC is presented, implemented and engaged with by health workers and what
that means for organisational patient safety culture, is essential to driving improvements in healthcare and clinical practice.
This study offers an understanding of the meaning of IPC ‘ownership’ for health workers; of the ways in which IPC is promoted,
of how IPC teams operate as new challenges arise, how their effectiveness is assessed and of the positioning of IPC within the
broader context of organisational patient safety culture, within hospital isolation settings.
Biography
Julian Hunt is a Research Officer at Swansea University. He is a sociologist with particular interest in ethnographic and participatory research methods. He has previously
worked on a number of health and mental health studies, including the Welsh Assembly Government’s Sustainable Health Action Research Programme (SHARP) - An
action research initiative that focused on health inequalities and community health development. He has combined this with a keen interest in historical sociology and the
impact of class and place upon social, cultural and economic life. Dr Hunt has experience of working with quantitative research methods and analysis..
Julian Hunt, J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C6-053