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Infection Control Infection Control Awareness Awareness ProgramProgram

Who is most at risk of Who is most at risk of infection in hospital ?infection in hospital ?

The PatientThe Patient

Many infections are Many infections are vaccine preventablevaccine preventable

MeaslesMeaslesMumpsMumpsRubellaRubellaPertussisPertussisChicken-poxChicken-pox

Many are not…….Many are not…….

RotavirusRotavirusAdenovirusAdenovirusNorwalk virusNorwalk virusRhinovirusRhinovirusParainfluenanae virusesParainfluenanae virusesCold soresCold sores

Vaccine Vaccine preventable preventable

MeaslesMeasles

Vaccine preventable (recently)Varicella or Chicken-pox

Congenital varicellaCongenital varicella

Who do patients get Who do patients get their infections their infections

fromfrom ? ?

Other patients Other patients

StaffStaff

VisitorsVisitors

Preventing the spread..Preventing the spread..…….from other patients…….from other patients

SECTION : Infection Control

POLICY TITLE : Room Allocation toPatients withContagious Diseases orRecent Contact withContagious Diseases

Manage the risk……..Manage the risk…….. CATEGORY ACATEGORY A

Very High Risk of Cross Infection or Adverse OutcomeVery High Risk of Cross Infection or Adverse OutcomeMandatory Negative pressure single roomMandatory Negative pressure single room

CATEGORY BCATEGORY B High Level of Cross Infection High Level of Cross InfectionMandatory Single room or cohort same contagious agentMandatory Single room or cohort same contagious agent

CATEGORY CCATEGORY C Moderate Risk of Cross Infection Moderate Risk of Cross InfectionSingle Room in Selected Circumstances Single Room in Selected Circumstances

CATEGORY DCATEGORY DHigh Risk to the Newborn Rooming in not allowedHigh Risk to the Newborn Rooming in not allowed

CATEGORY ECATEGORY ELow risk of Cross Infection No segregation requiredLow risk of Cross Infection No segregation required

Preventing the Preventing the spread……. from spread……. from employees and employees and

volunteersvolunteers

SECTION : Infection Control

POLICY TITLE : Management of WCHEmployees withInfectious Diseases

Preventing the Preventing the spreadspread…………

from visitorsfrom visitors

SECTION : Infection Control

POLICY TITLE : Visitors with Contagious Diseases

Infections in visitorsInfections in visitors

May May seemseem to be nothing to be nothingMay indeed be somethingMay indeed be somethingMay be easily transmissibleMay be easily transmissibleMay be devastating for the May be devastating for the

patientpatientchicken-poxchicken-poxcold sorescold soresRSVRSVpertussispertussis

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Education is the keyEducation is the key

Infection Control Infection Control Awareness Program for Awareness Program for

VisitorsVisitors

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Infection Control TeamInfection Control Team

Centre for Health PromotionCentre for Health Promotion

Public Relations and Public Relations and Voluntary ServicesVoluntary Services

The MessageThe Message

If you have an infection If you have an infection please don’t visit !please don’t visit !

Spreading the Spreading the messagemessage

Telephone on hold messageTelephone on hold messagePostersPostersStand alone pamphletsStand alone pamphletsMessage in other pamphlets, Message in other pamphlets,

bookletsbookletsRadio messageRadio messagePress messagePress message

Staff will help with Staff will help with the messagethe message

If you are not sureIf you are not surewhether you should whether you should visit please ring firstvisit please ring first

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To the Friends of the To the Friends of the WCHWCH

THANK YOUTHANK YOU