Purpose

It will summarise:

•Any infection transmission incidents and any action taken (these will have been reported in accordance with our Significant Events Reporting procedures)

•Details of any infection control audits undertaken and actions taken

•Details of any infection control risk assessments undertaken

•Details of staff training

•Any review and update of policies, procedures and guidelines.

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Background

The Infection Prevention and Control Lead for Drs Ahmed & Ahmed is Victoria Bhasin Senior Practice Nurse (Acting Lead)

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Infection Transmission Incidents

There were no reported infection transmission incidents.

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Significant events

There were no significant events reported in relation to Infection Prevention and Control

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Infection Prevention and Control Audits

Infection Prevention and control audit completed for Croft Medical Centre on 24/6/2020 by Victoria Bhasin

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Actions taken as a result of audit performed on 24/6/2020

New Medical Centre – moved to new site 1/5/20 – no actions in relation to Audit were identified.

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Changes in response to Pandemic – COVID-19

Changes were put in place in response to the Pandemic COVID-19.

Patients that required face to face appointments are seen in accordance with PHE guidance (covid-19 policy retained on shared drive).

• Increased provision of PPE
• Appropriate use of masks, visors and aprons in accordance with PHE infection control guidance.
• 10 minute gaps between patient visits to allow adequate time for clean down and to escort patients from the medical centre safely, this also helped to prevent patient build up in waiting areas, allowing reception to reduce footfall into the surgery at the same time and reduce risk to both patients and staff members.

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Risk assessments

Risk assessments were carried out by Victoria Bhasin on 11/5/20 for the whole building – no actions were identified.

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Staff training

At the time of the publication of the annual infection control statement, all clinical staff are in date for infection control training.

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Policies, procedures and guidelines

File kept in Clean Utility

The following policies are under review:

All Policies

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Cleaning plans/schedules have been updated and agreed with cleaning contractors.

The cleaning manager is responsible for regular monitoring of the standard of cleaning throughout the practice and reporting deficiencies to the practice manager. The practice manager is responsible for liaising directly with the cleaning company where there are cleaning deficiencies or any identified problems.

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Last Updated: 4 February 2021