Infection Control 2017 LETS GET STARTED Do you

Infection Control 2017

LETS GET STARTED

Do you care about your patients?

What are the main causes or mortality in our patients?

Recognized as the Second Leading Cause of Death in Dialysis Patients • About 19% of these patients die within 12 weeks of the infection • BSI hospitalization rate has increased 47% since 1993 • Vascular access infection hospitalization has increased 87% since 1993

Dialysis Patients Account For Approximately 37, 000 BSIs Annually

What infection control practices do you have in place?

Proper hand washing technique?

5 steps for hygiene

Policy and procedure Rules Regulations

What are the barriers to good infection control? Safety for patients

What processes can we put in place for you to succeed?

PREVENTION Some of you think vascular access-associated bloodstream infections are inevitable. Many more of you will prove they don’t have to be.

What does a culture of safety look like to you?

AUDITS Infection control audits Forming good habits How to improve

Cleaning the Dialysis Station 1: 100 Bleach solution 1: 10 Bleach solution for over 10 ml spills What to Clean?

18 Patient’s Role in Infection Prevention Ask your patient to wash his or her hands and the AVF or AVG access area Dialysis patients have more Staph on their skin than the general population

Do you care about your patients? YOU can prevent infections in your patients.

References World Health Organization (WHO) retrieved from: http: //www. who. int/topics/infection_control/en/ Agency for Healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) retrieved from: http: //www. ahrq. gov/professionals/quality-patientsafety/patient-safetyresources/esrd/toolkitmodules. html

References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) retrieved from: http: //www. cdc. gov/handwashing/index. html