Infectious outbreaks in the hospital setting usually send a shiver down the spine of both clinical and administrative staff members. We’re here to help. Our IDS specialists can aid your staff in identifying the potential causes of disease spread from patient to patient.
Outbreaks rarely occur when staff closely follow infection control protocols, including all staff – nursing, housekeeping, dietary, and administrative. When outbreaks do occur, they require a multi-disciplinary approach including staff knowledge of:
- Hand hygiene
- Properly donning/doffing personal protective equipment or PPE
- Placing patients on appropriate isolation precautions, and removing isolation as soon as warranted
- Working with respiratory therapy and wound care teams to ensure aseptic techniques are used
- Providing effective treatment for infectious organisms
- Ensuring appropriate cleaning agents and techniques are being used
Our SIS providers follow evidence-based guidelines for outbreak containment. Also, and just as importantly, we can help you identify where the application of policies might be falling short. Documentation of policy and application will satisfy state compliance reviews and reduce outbreak severity and duration.
Some of the outbreaks we can help contain include:
- Influenza or flu
- C. diff
- CRAB or Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
- Hepatitis B or C
- COVID-19
- Scabies, bedbugs, and lice
If you would like to learn more about how IDS specialists can help your hospital with infection outbreaks, request an appointment today online or call (833) 967-2464.
