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Infection prevention and Control Checklist

Policy

  • Updated infection control policy and procedures is available in the department .

  • Staff aware about the policy and procedures and it is accessible for them.

  • Healthcare Personnel (HCP) receive job-specific training on infection prevention policies and procedures upon hire and at least annually .

Hand Hygiene

  • Hand hygiene supply is available .

  • HCP demonstrate appropriate techniques for hand washing and hand rubbing .

  • Visual alerts are available:<br>-    WHO 5 moments<br>-    How to Hand Rub (beside alcohol dispensers)<br>-    How to Hand Rub (beside alcohol dispensers)

PPE

  • Sufficient and appropriate PPE are available and readily accessible to HCP.

  • Staff use personal protective equipment appropriately.

Environmental disinfection

  • There is a cleaning schedule and is applied

  • Environmental surfaces is clean and is free from soil.

  • Housekeeping surfaces (e.g., floors, walls, and sinks) cleaned with MOH approved detergent/ disinfectant using double/ or triple bucket technique or scrubbing machines.

  • Housekeeping equipment is kept clean and dry after use.

  • There is one spill kit, at a minimum in the department.

  • Health care personnel demonstrate appropriate technique for management of blood and/or body fluids.

  • Appropriate PPE, e.g. gloves, masks, gowns and protective eyewear, worn by housekeepers during their routine activities.

  • Nurses are responsible for cleaning of all environmental surfaces in patient areas except floors, walls, ceiling and bathrooms.

Waste Management

  • All types of waste containers are available in sufficient number and placed in easily accessible sites and away from traffic.

  • Sharp items (e.g., needles, scalpel blades, broken metal instruments, and burs) are placed in an appropriate sharps container (puncture resistant, color-coded, and leak-proof).

  • Used needles are not manipulated or recapped and are promptly disposed into sharp containers.

  • Staff sticks to the approved policies of proper medical waste segregation ( no dangerous medical waste or sharps are observed outside specified containers)

  • No overfilling of medical waste bags and sharp boxes .

Aseptic technique

  • The patient’s skin are disinfected with an appropriate antiseptic before injection or cannulation .

  • Proper fixation of the peripheral venous cannula with written date of insertion.

  • Preparation & dilution of drugs' vials is only done by ready-made sterile water ampoule.

  • Needles and syringes including prefilled syringes, vacutainer holders are used for only one patient.

  • All patient care supplies are brought to patient area when needed with no excess item in the area.

  • If Multi-dose vials must be used , should be dedicated for one patient (as possible as we can) and dated when they are first opened and discarded after 28 days unless the manufacturer specifies a different date for that opened vial.

  • The rubber self-sealed cap on a medication vial is disinfected with alcohol prior to piercing .

  • IV solution bottles are only accessed through the self-sealed rubber cap.

  • Multidose medication vials are accessed with a new needle and a new syringe, even when obtaining additional doses for the same patient.

  • No needles are kept inside the self-sealed rubber cap of IV solution bottle or Multidose vials.

  • Only sterile fluids used in nebulizers , humidifiers, or any aerosol generator.

  • Evacuation of urine bag is done in proper way using appropriate P.P.E.

  • All items in patient zone used for patient care only and any remaining items after patient discharge are considered contaminated even in their wrapping.

  • All used (contaminated ) reusable items sent to Central Processing Department (CPD) in proper way without any interference from the staff.

  • Separate clean area is available for preparing medications

Laundry

  • Contaminated linen is collected with minimum agitation in special color-coded and waterproof laundry bags .

  • Linen carts are covered and not overfilled.

Isolation

  • Contact isolation precautions are initiated for patients infected or colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms.

  • Patients with larger burns (>25% total body surface area) are placed in a single room, when applicable, as an additional precaution.

Respiratory Triage

  • Available protocol for early detection, management, and transfer of respiratory illness patients.

  • Signs of respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette at entrances to patients with symptoms of respiratory infection

  • Tissues and foot operated waste containers for disposal of tissues is available at waiting area.

  • Hand hygiene supply is available at waiting areas.

  • Masks is offered to respiratory illness patients upon entry to the facility.

  • Separate waiting area and pathway for respiratory illness patients.

  • Trained healthcare personnel should be available for the triage area.

  • Trained healthcare personnel should be available for the triage area.

Storage area

  • Storage area should fulfill the following requirement:-

  • Clean and dry (temperature and humidity must be controlled)

  • Away from air vents and well ventilated

  • Storage shelves are 40 cm from the ceiling, 20 cm from the floor, and 5 cm from the outside wall.

  • Storage shelves made from easily cleanable material (not wood or Cardboard)

  • Sterile and clean items completely separated from personal items &foods and drinks .

  • Rotate supplies on a first-in-first-out basis so as to avoid the use of expired items.

  • Items not kept in original cardboard shipping boxes

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