Lead and Manage Infection Control in the Work Setting Report

This report focuses on leading and managing infection control within the Royal Papworth Hospital, a leading heart and lung hospital. It covers national and local infection control policies, practices, and procedures designed to prevent the spread of infection. The report details the differences between implementing infection control policies in various settings, including homes and residential care facilities, and emphasizes the importance of clear communication and role allocation within the workplace. It also addresses information exchange regarding infections, record-keeping systems, and the integration of infection control practices into job descriptions and performance management. Furthermore, the report analyzes risk assessment, control implementation, and reporting procedures, as well as the analysis of infection trends and the evaluation of applied infection control measures, culminating in recommendations for improvement.

Lead and Manage Infection
Control in the Work Setting
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 National and local policies for infection control...................................................................1
1.2 Practices & procedures to meet prevention of infection and regulatory requirements..........1
1.3 Roles and responsibilities regarding prevention of infection................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Difference between implementing infection control policies and procedure of care of an
individual's residential.................................................................................................................2
2.2 Approach for applying policies in range of settings..............................................................2
2.3 Communicate policies within work setting for infection control..........................................3
2.4 Allocation of roles at work place to meet infection prevention procedures..........................3
2.5 Manage compliance with procedures....................................................................................3
2.6 Action required whole infection control processes are not being compiled with..................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Importance of information exchange about infections with others.......................................4
3.2 Provide information about infection to others.......................................................................4
3.3 Management of exchange of information procedures about infection with other people.....4
3.4 Manage systems for keeping records of suspected or diagnosed infections.........................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
4.1 Significance of including infection control practices into job description and performance
management.................................................................................................................................5
4.2 Make employees aware about their role to reduce risk of infection......................................5
4.3 Provide desired resources to staff members for reducing risk of infection...........................5
4.4 Monitor infection and control practice..................................................................................6
4.5 Provide feedback to employees about their practice of infection control.............................6
4.6 Manage learning and development needs for staff about infection prevention.....................6
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................6
5.1 Manage implementation of risk assessment processes to minimise infection.......................6
5.2 Manage implementation of controls process in partnership..................................................7
5.3 Manage risk management records.........................................................................................7
5.4 Manage the reporting of risks and hazards............................................................................7

TASK 6............................................................................................................................................8
6.1 Analyse trends of infection pattern in work setting...............................................................8
6.2 Factors contributing spread and reduction of infection.........................................................8
6.3 Evaluate applying infection control in work setting..............................................................8
6.4 Recommendations..................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Lead and manage infection control at work setting refers to make appropriate policies or
practices in order to follow relevant standards as well as guidelines to prevent risk of infection. It
is necessary to make an effective & efficient practice which provide support to maintain healthy
work place and helps to control spread of infection at working area (Zingg and et. al., 2015).
Moreover, it involves different practices as per nature of work place to prevent risk of infection
for people. This assignment is based on Royal Papworth Hospital which is leading heart & lung
hospital and located in Papworth Everard in Cambridgeshire, England The present report will
focus on infection prevention and control policies, procedures & practices with national or local
strategies for the same. It also include description about implementation of preventing infection
policies through communication and allocating roles to employees. The exchange of information,
managing risks and effectiveness of policies or procedures is given below.
TASK 1
1.1 National and local policies for infection control
The national and local policies are made by central and local government authorities in
order to reduce infection among people of country. It involves the criteria of following overall
such practices by people of specific area in proper way so that they can avoid severe diseases
easily and stay healthy. Moreover, the nation policies include Reporting of injuries, diseases and
dangerous occurrence (2013), Public health regulations 1988, Management of health & safety at
work place, Control of substances hazardous for health and Food safety & hygiene act. However,
local policies can involve hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, cleaning & disinfection,
respiratory hygiene, waste disposal and safe injection practices (Wells, Evans and Cheek, 2016).
1.2 Practices & procedures to meet prevention of infection and regulatory requirements
There are different types of policies, practices and procedures which are helpful in order
to prevent infection as well as regulatory requirements. It provide support to make an gain safe
environment and reduce risk of critical health problems by properly following policies or
practices to achieve healthy life. Moreover, it involves several practices such as correctly was
hands, wear gloves, aprons and protective clothing while conducting any treatment procedure
which should be followed by employees of Royal Papworth Hospital.
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1.3 Roles and responsibilities regarding prevention of infection
The roles and responsibilities for prevention of infection involves the criteria to take
more effective as well as efficient actions in order to control risks of severe diseases. It include
duty of staff members working in Royal Papworth Hospital to take various mandatory
precautions to reduced risk of spreading infection. Meanwhile, it is necessary for them to obey
legal regulations such as Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA), the Control of Substances
Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and the Reporting of Injury, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations (RIDDOR) to perform in safe manner (Dougherty and Lister, 2015).
TASK 2
2.1 Difference between implementing infection control policies and procedure of care of an
individual's residential
The implementation of care policies and procedure are different at home and residential
care because of availability of certain appropriate resources. The infection control policies at
home are usually for short term and do not have systematic way of implementing. People use
piece of cloth while cleaning wounds and bandaging the same but appropriate professionals are
available at residential places and wear proper gloves, masks & aprons to reduce risk of
spreading infection of specific health problem. Moreover, people generally prefer water to clean
wounds whereas medical professionals utilise desired chemical like liquid hydrogen to prevent
bacteria for the same purpose.
2.2 Approach for applying policies in range of settings
The proportionate approach is helpful to gain similar outcomes of implementing
precautions at wide range of settings. However, it include individual's own home, community
environments, residential care homes, hospitals and nursing home in which proper practices
should be applied to get desired results in perfect manner. Additionally, same policies are
required to be conveyed to people such as service users, care staff, manager, colleague, families,
visitors so that appropriate benefits can be achieved by all of them through preventing infection
risks (Ellis and Bach, 2015). Moreover, Code of Practice for health and social care on the
prevention and control of infections & related guidance should be followed strictly by Royal
Papworth Hospital. For example, strategy of using hydrogen in care homes for cleaning wounds
can be conveyed to service users for same purpose which reduce risk of spreading infection.
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2.3 Communicate policies within work setting for infection control
The communicating policies refers to methods or techniques which are used to provide
information to other people in organisation for preventing and control infection at work place. It
is necessary to make an effective conversation within organisation to make staff members aware
about infections and precautions for controlling relevant risks perfectly (Bae and Fabry, 2014).
However, such strategies include to covey steps of avoiding pathogenic issues such as hand
washing, vaccinations, screening & cohorting patients and care coordination through proper
communication in Royal Papworth Hospital.
2.4 Allocation of roles at work place to meet infection prevention procedures
The allocation of different roles among number of staff members is required to reduce
risk of infection. It is not possible for a single person to fulfil overall responsibilities regarding
preventing and control of infection. Moreover, it is important make an appropriate allocation of
taking several steps which are mandatory on regular basis and these actions can be taken by them
at the time of working to prevent as well as control infection. In context of Royal Papworth
Hospital, they are required allocate roles properly for controlling infection in organisation.
2.5 Manage compliance with procedures
The management of infection control procedures or policies are required to be followed
by medical professionals in order to decrease relevant risk properly. Meanwhile, it include to
make an appropriate strategy to manage compliance with processes so that risk of infection can
be effectively reduced which facilitate to avoid relevant emergency cases in Royal Papworth
Hospital. Consequently, several procedures are there which are required to be completed such as
use clean gloves or aprons, using surgical equipments etc. while dealing with patients and service
user should be instructed to properly disposing of hazardous waste, preparing, handling, cooking,
serving and clearing food (Little and et. al., 2017).
2.6 Action required whole infection control processes are not being compiled with
The procedures or policies made for preventing and controlling infection which are
mandatory to be followed in order to get desired outcomes. In contrary to this, sometimes, it is
observed that people ignore such policies which become threat for achieving desired results in
proper way. However, it is necessary for health care organisation like Royal Papworth Hospital
strictly implement such procedures and apply rule of giving strict punishment by cancellation of
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license or deduction from salaries. Thus, it will facilitate to make people for obeying applied
policies in appropriate manner.
TASK 3
3.1 Importance of information exchange about infections with others
The information about prevention of infections is required to be conveyed to staff
members so that they will take accurate precautions for avoiding the same. It is important to
exchange proper information about policies of decreasing infectious risks by making them
capable to take desired steps which are necessary to taken by employees (Tacke and et. al.,
2014). However, job description and performance management can be included to covey
appropriate steps to prevent infection in given hospital. Moreover, job description is helpful to
make starting of employees by taking care of effective practices which make them habitual to the
same. Additionally, superior can determine threats of completing relevant strategies and provide
instructions along with better ways to apply efficient techniques to be applied while working in
order to prevent infection.
3.2 Provide information about infection to others
The information about infection is required to be conveyed to other people with effective
precautions so that they will put efforts to prevent and control risks of infection in proper way. It
is helpful for employees working in organisation to take effective precautions by following
desired policies so that infection can be prevented as well as controlled in correct way.
Moreover, exchange of appropriate procedures should be conveyed to medical professionals in
Royal Papworth Hospital carefully follow policies to reduce risk of infections.
3.3 Management of exchange of information procedures about infection with other people
The management is an important activity regarding exchange of information among overall
staff members working in organisation. It is necessary to manage all of the effective steps which
are required to be taken by people at every level in organisation to reduce risk of infection
properly (Konin, 2018). Moreover, each policy or process should be appropriately conveyed to
overall staff members and make them convinced to follow them in correct way to avoid
infectious problems in Royal Papworth Hospital.
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3.4 Manage systems for keeping records of suspected or diagnosed infections
The management of systems is necessary to record and maintain information about
diagnosed infections so that appropriate precautions can be taken in future while carrying out
same procedure of treatment. However, the treating activities such as surgical process may or
may not results into several infections which can be easily prevented by taking accurate actions
according to previous recorded data. Additionally, it provides support to conduct more effective
as well as efficient diagnosing procedure by avoiding infections to gain better outcomes.
TASK 4
4.1 Significance of including infection control practices into job description and performance
management
There are various kinds of infection control practices which can be included in job
description and performance management to prevent infection. It is essential to take an
appropriate action involving infection control policy in strict manner which encourage
employees to follow them effectively. However, job description is helpful to maintain favourable
environment of organisation to make them habitual to obey preventing policies to reduce
infection (Hughes and Wearing, 2016). Meanwhile, performance management will facilitate to
make workers aware about taking an effective action at every level to decrease infections in
Royal Papworth Hospital.
4.2 Make employees aware about their role to reduce risk of infection
The people remain motivated to perform their work only but do not have awareness about
their roles to reduce risk of infection. It is important to make more effective as well as efficient
strategies to make people aware about their actual responsibilities to take precautions in order to
prevent infectious issues in proper manner. However, employees are required to provide
appropriate information about their duty to make them convinced to fulfil their task at every
level in Royal Papworth Hospital so that infectious problems should be reduced appropriately.
Moreover, supervision and appraisal can be used to motivate workers for properly taking care of
infections to avoid it. Thus, key performance indicators, NHS knowledge & skills framework
and performance management should be utilised to control infectious problems.
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4.3 Provide desired resources to staff members for reducing risk of infection
The information is an important element which should be provided to employees in order
to complete them properly. Meanwhile, it is essential to render more effective resources to
people so that they will fulfil their actual roles towards reduction of infectious issues at work
place along with achieving desired outcomes. However, several resources should be providing to
staff members of Royal Papworth Hospital such as effective equipment, machines, information
and changing rooms so that proper guidelines can be obeyed which facilitate to control risk of
infection.
4.4 Monitor infection and control practice
The procedure of analysing and evaluating risk of infections is required to be carried out
by monitoring the same which helps to conduct appropriate control practice appropriately. The
Royal Papworth Hospital can be utilising several related procedures to determine actual needs so
that effective policies can be applied in prevention of infectious problems. Moreover, the given
organisation can adopt refresher training, provide updated information, team meetings and
reading which helps them to fulfil their role for reducing infectious issues in an accurate way
(DeWit, Stromberg and Dallred, 2016).
4.5 Provide feedback to employees about their practice of infection control
The feedbacks should be provided to staff members so that they will become able to
remove their threats regarding completion of roles to control infections. It is necessary to render
positive or negative feedbacks about their performance with better methods so that they will
fulfil their duty in correct manner. Additionally, Royal Papworth Hospital can provide
information about much effective techniques such as washing hands, use of clean gloves or
aprons, safety use surgical equipment to prevent infectious problems in prefect manner.
4.6 Manage learning and development needs for staff about infection prevention
There are various kinds of learning and training sessions are organised by organisations to
improve skills of employees in order to increase their productivity as well as profitability.
Similarly, Royal Papworth Hospital can be conduct more effective training and development
programs to make people much efficient so that they can fulfil their role of reducing infection
properly.
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TASK 5
5.1 Manage implementation of risk assessment processes to minimise infection
Risk assessment is an activity that determines, assess and establishes different ways that
eliminates or reduce medical hazards. However, infection can increase through poor hygiene or
vulnerable condition of services, poor maintenance of pillows, mattresses, risk from non-disposal
of harmful waste. Meanwhile, for minimising risk in Royal Papworth Hospital, implementation
of risk assessment process is very important. It includes identification and evaluation of
problems to understand their intensity (Powers and et. al., 2016). Additionally, identification of
risk from the infection like from used needle, blood and many more. Moreover, assessment of
chance and nature of happening of infection and time to time assessment of risk. Thus, it is very
necessary to manage risk from infections as these can increase disease among peoples.
5.2 Manage implementation of controls process in partnership
Implementation of risk assessment process helps in minimising infection among patients
and other individuals. However, for managing this risk control process Royal Papworth Hospital
can do partnership with other entities. Moreover, these will help the hospital to efficiently
implementation of processes. Meanwhile, partnership entities will promote these processes
among patients and other individuals. Furthermore, they help in identifying cause of infection
and take necessary steps for creating awareness about prevention from these infections. At last,
these individuals or entities can provide information about maintaining proper hygiene, disposal
of wastages and so on.
5.3 Manage risk management records
Records provide support to conduct risk management in an appropriate manner so that
they can be reduced in proper way. It can be used to prove conformity, avoid legal penalties as
well as fees and take effective risk managing decisions (Liang and et. al., 2017). However, the
risk records always help in analysing the future possibility of relevant issues and by having
management previous data the overall financial structure of the risk management tool can be
prepared which helps in management at the time of calamity. Moreover, proper data records are
providing help to gain better outcomes in order to decrease severe risks and facilitate proper
healthy environment in given hospital.
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5.4 Manage the reporting of risks and hazards
When managers of Royal Papworth Hospital makes report about risk and hazards which
might occur in workplace, then it is duty of them to manage it in proper manner. They can use
cloud technology to store and manage this report more adequately. This technology give
opportunity to associated people of hospital to access any data in case of discrepancies easily. It
also allows them to access from anywhere and give solutions to team-members to overcome
from any hazardous situation. In addition to this, they can also use different type of software like
UNIX, JAVA and more, to manage such reports in scrutinised manner.
TASK 6
6.1 Analyse trends of infection pattern in work setting
There are different kinds of infections which may occur in human body due to some of reason
but they have special pattern of appearance or purpose behind germination. Moreover, different
pattern of infection reflects about it relevant health problem along with its severity. However,
some of problems are respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, meningitis, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis,
tuberculosis etc. but they have special pattern of infection and properties which helps to known
about related issues from which an individual gets suffered.
6.2 Factors contributing spread and reduction of infection
There are various factors which can spread and reduce the occurrence of infection.
Infections are generally spread as a result of any bad and malware practices such as improper
washing of hand, coming to work in the condition of illness or wearing such a thing such as any
jewellery that causes problem around to others (Ignatavicius and Workman, 2015). Jewellery
carries some abysmal pathogens which are termed as “microorganisms” contain bacteria and
viruses. It is advisable from Royal Papworth Hospital, in order to prevent such infections, it is
mandatory for an employee to take of their own health and hygiene and attend training whether
organised by work place or other to take infection control and prevention.
6.3 Evaluate applying infection control in work setting
Infection control refers to discipline which is took place in order to prevent health related
issues. It is important for health care sector to opt preventive measures so that workplace can
remain free from different bacteria's which initiates with unhygienic level. In relation to Royal
Papworth Hospital, the organisation belongs to healthcare sector which is responsible for overall
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health condition of employees as well as patients. In order to pre-cure hospital, medical team of
the hospital should take proper sterilization options which helps in killing all bacteria and also
control level of infections.
6.4 Recommendations
According to report, it has been evaluated infection is considered as the main cause of
occurrence of major diseases. In order to minimise the level of infection, it has been
recommended to Royal Papworth Hospital to adopt appropriate sterilization process so that
bacteria can be killed at the starting stage only. Along with this, it can be said that the
organisation can also provide special training to overall working staff related to maintenance of
hygiene level. It includes personal protective equipment, safe infection practices and appropriate
disposal of waste materials. As it minimises the level of infection in the hospital.
CONCLUSION
From the report, it had been concluding that leading and preventing infection is an important
aspect in order to reduce risk of severe health problems. It includes several policies and practise
such as washing hands, proper disposal of waste, clean gloves or aprons, carefully handle
surgical instruments and many more. The roles and responsibilities of employees towards
reducing risks of infection is mentioned with strategy of providing training sessions to increase
their efficiency.
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