Risk Assessment for Infection Prevention and Control (PDF book)
Available October 2010. 216 pages. PDF book. ISBN: 978-1-59940-527-8
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Infection prevention and control is one of the most challenging issues facing health care organizations from a quality, safety, and financial perspective. Spurred by growing pressure from regulators, payers, accreditors, and the public, health care organizations are seeking better strategies to fight this worldwide crisis. Proactive risk reduction serves as the foundation for this effort.
Infection is an inherent threat in the delivery of health care services and requires an ongoing risk-based approach. The recent global spread of the H1N1 virus demonstrates how risks that may seem under control may suddenly change and require new direction for the infection prevention and control program. Although infection preventionists (IPs) have long assessed risk related to populations served, services provided, surveillance data, outbreaks, and lapses in desired practices, accreditation standards require that assessing risk and setting goals should be a purposeful and systematic process to produce an effective infection prevention and control program.
Special features include the following:
- Explanation of The Joint Commission’s and Joint Commission International’s infection prevention and control standards and National/International Patient Safety Goals that are relevant to risk assessment
- Step-by-step instructions on how organizations can perform a risk assessment
- Information about how to select appropriate risk assessment methods and tools
- Explanation of risk points in health care organizations – areas inside and outside of a health care organization that pose infection risks
- Tools that help organizations assess their compliance with Joint Commission requirements and improve their infection prevention and control program
- Case studies of effective risk assessment plans from domestic and international organizations
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