IPC&M Care Provider Bulletin - July 2023
Government announces proposed legislation on visiting in health and care settings
New regulations will make visiting a legal requirement for hospitals, care homes, mental health units and other health and care settings. Care regulator will have new powers to make sure providers are allowing families to visit loved ones. People in care homes and hospitals will be able to have visitors in all circumstances, thanks to the government’s plans to bring forward new legislation.
Consultation description
We’re seeking your views on visiting in health and care settings to inform our decisions around making visiting rules mandatory for the good of service users.
The Department of Health and Social Care wants to ensure that visiting (including accompanying people to hospital appointments) is protected and that it remains a priority for health and care providers so that patients and residents can receive visitors whenever it is reasonable and safe.
Read more about the Consultation here
Understanding Glove-related Contact Dermatitis
For health care and care providers protecting the integrity of the skin on their hands is critical. Damaged or non-intact skin places both the patient and the worker at risk because it prevents effective hand hygiene. It also provides opportunities for micro-organisms to be transferred between patients and staff, and for skin lesions to become colonised by bacteria, potentially leading to infection. Find out more use this link
Further information is available using the links below:
Hand Dermatitis - A Pocket Guide
Royal College of Nursing - Tools of the Trade
Fortnightly Infection Prevention Control and Management (IPC&M) Update with Q&As
Invitation for anyone regardless of role, to join the IPC&M team for a 30-minute update session with Q&As every fortnight.
Focus on NHS Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness FAQs and Top Tips
Guidance changes to ASC settings
Health Threat Alerts – preparedness and resources
What’s on with future training events
What Time: 11.00 - 11.30am
When: July: 7th, 21st, August: 4th, 18th, Sep: 1st, 15th, 29th
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 368 091 235 786 | Passcode: MuDHiH
Invitation to help shape UK policy and practice around CAUTIs and help reduce AMR – Stakeholder workshops
The Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Prescribing, Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (APRHAI) is seeking to make recommendations on behavioural interventions to tackle catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the context of reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and are seeking participants to participate in short hour workshops in order to share insights, facilitate peer learning and consensus building and to agree recommendations for consideration by the main committee
What does this involve? Click this link to find out more.
Catheter associated Urinary Tract Infections – national workshops for Acute, primary care and care homes. Please see flyer for more information.
Government consultation on legislation for restrictions to visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices. A chance to feed back – open to all staff patients relatives and service users.
Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please follow the link to see the guidance for the 2023/24 flu vaccine programme published today. This letter sets out the 2023/24 eligible cohorts which remain similar to last year, except that this year’s programme.
Future Training Events – Save the Date - IPC Champions Training
Spread out over three parts, this training is for people who are new to Infection Prevention and Control or those new to or aspiring to a leader role.
No prior experience required.
An interactive course with all resources provided. Support with the competency & portfolio building.
Contents: Basic Infection Prevention & Control knowledge and practice, the legal framework, Guidance and resource use, the audit process, and mandatory requirements, train the trainer, cleaning, decontamination & sterilisation, introduction to common infections, transmission methods
Part One:
Dates: 28 August – 6 September 2023
Method: self-directed component
Time: approximately 1.5 hours
Venue: N/A
Part Two:
Dates: 6 September, 13 September, 20 September, and 27 September 2023
Method: Webinars (attendance required for all)
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Venue: MS Teams
Part Three:
Date: 11 October 2023
Method: Face to face developing practical skills.
Time: 13:30 – 16:00
Venue: TBC
Number of places available: 25
Registration: TBC
Infection, Prevention and Control leads update.
Date: 8 November 2023
Time: TBC
Venue: TBC
Registration: TBC
Attendees have a choice of two sessions: Outbreak Management and/or New Emerging and Endemic Infection threats. Outbreak Management: Suitable for those in a lead role or who have experience and basic IPC with a desire to further skills or knowledge.
Introduction and recap on IPC developments, guidance, and resources
An interactive group table-top exercise Outbreak Management the who does what, when and why.
Suitable for wider cascade training – train the trainer resources will be provided.
New Emerging and Endemic Infection Threats:
Suitable for those in a lead role or who have experience and basic IPC with a desire to further skills or knowledge.
Introduction and recap on IPC developments, guidance, and resources
Epidemiology, Vulnerable groups, Infection specific transmission IPC precautions & management
Scenarios – preparedness and response rehearsals
Social Care Health & Wellbeing Update - July 23
Access the Social Care Health & Wellbeing July update for BNSSG.