Infection control experts Jo Howarth and Dr Lindsay Smith advise practices on how to prepare for the incoming CQC standards.
Learning objectives
This module offers a guide to the standards that practice should adhere to on infection control:
This module offers a guide to the standards that practice should adhere to on infection control:
- Having systems to manage and monitor the prevention and control of infection
- Providing an environment that prevents/controls infections
- Providing accurate information on infections to patients and other healthcare providers
- Ensuring staff are fully involved in the process of preventing and controlling infections
This module will be free for all registered members of Pulse Learning until 28 October 2011.
Author
Jo Howarth is infection control/clinical risk lead and Dr Lindsay Smith is a GP in West Coker and patient safety lead at NHS Somerset
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