Competency information
Details
Fulfil the requirements and mechanisms for reporting of HAIs within healthcare organisations, locally and nationally, including mandatory surveillance and ‘serious untoward incidents’ of infection.
Considerations
- Relevant reporting systems and their use.
- Surveillance data and trends.
- The clinical incident reporting processes in your hospital(s).
- The role of HAI reporting in total quality management, controls assurance, and review body inspections (e.g. Care Quality Commission and successor bodies).
- The role of HAI reporting in the overall quality management system, including:
- inspections
- targets
- penalties and care improvement implementation.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 5 | Outcome Perform quality assurance and control tasks across the range of investigations associated with infection in the community and hospital setting. |