Infection Control at Ayu Health Hospitals
Don’t you hate litter on the road or in parks? Then why accept the same for hospitals where unhygienic conditions can increase the chances of infections?
Let’s learn how Ayu helps hospitals improve infection control and avoid the spread of infections.
Infection control refers to the measures taken to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in hospitals.These measures include basic hygiene practices for hospital staff, isolation precautions for patients with contagious illnesses, regular clinical audits, and infection regulation.
Why is infection control so important for Clinical Excellence?
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients can contract while receiving their treatment at hospitals. These infections can cause serious harm to them, including prolonging their hospital stay, disability, and even death.
Infection control measures are crucial in preventing HAIs and ensuring that patients receive safe and effective care at Ayu Health Hospitals.
Protecting our Hospital staff
Infection control measures not only protect patients from HAIs but also protect healthcare workers from exposure to infectious diseases who are at a higher risk of contracting infectious diseases due to their close proximity to sick, immuno-compomised patients.
By implementing universal infection control measures such as hand hygiene, PPE kits use, and barrier nursing Ayu Health Hospitals can protect its healthcare workers.
Enhancing Patient Satisfaction
Patients expect to receive safe and effective care when they come to Ayu Health Hospitals. By implementing infection control measures, we can improve patient satisfaction scores by providing a clean and safe environment, ensuring that patients would more likely trust and recommend us when they see that our hospitals take infection control seriously.
Meeting Regulatory Requirements
Infection control is not just important for patient safety and satisfaction, but also for regulatory compliance. Our hospitals are onboarded after thorough audits and are regularly scrutinised on multiple parameters based on NABH Certification Standards to implement infection control measures.
How do we ensure optimal Infection Control at our hospitals?
We run robust and exhaustive checks and clinical audits based on the above criteria for the following:
ICU
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | The cleaning process, fumigation, or deep cleaning |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab Cultures of the ICU to ensure no cases of serious infections like MRSAs, MDRs, and other HAIs (Hospital Acquired Infections) are not contracted. |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Quality Indicators like a return to ICU within 24hrs, SMR- standard mortality rate, HAI rates, Hand Hygiene compliance etc. |
OT
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | Cleaning processes, what materials are used, fumigation or deep cleaning frequency, etc. |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab cultures of walls, OT tables, Lights, handles, Carts, etc., |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Quality indicators like - Re-explorations, cancelled surgeries, delayed surgeries, OT utilisation, etc. |
CSSD(Central Sterile Supply Department)
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | Unidirectional Flow , Autoclaving , ETO , Machine calibrations etc. Meticulous Documentation processes |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab tests, Biological indicators, Chemical indicators |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Temperature and Humidity monitoring, recall’s, etc. |
ICU
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | The cleaning process, fumigation, or deep cleaning |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab Cultures of the ICU to ensure no cases of serious infections like MRSAs, MDRs, and other HAIs (Hospital Acquired Infections) are not contracted. |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Quality Indicators like a return to ICU within 24hrs, SMR- standard mortality rate, HAI rates, Hand Hygiene compliance etc. |
OT
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | Cleaning processes, what materials are used, fumigation or deep cleaning frequency, etc. |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab cultures of walls, OT tables, Lights, handles, Carts, etc., |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Quality indicators like - Re-explorations, cancelled surgeries, delayed surgeries, OT utilisation, etc. |
CSSD(Central Sterile Supply Department)
What constitutes the sterilisation process? | Unidirectional Flow , Autoclaving , ETO , Machine calibrations etc. Meticulous Documentation processes |
How do we check for infection control practices? | Swab tests, Biological indicators, Chemical indicators |
What do we look for in Quality Indicators? | Temperature and Humidity monitoring, recall’s, etc. |
