Policy Development Case Study 2022

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Introduction
Health Policy is defined as the action and decision plan that are used and considered
to achieve definite healthcare gaols in society (Allsop, 2018). Health policy plays a crucial
role in describing the country’s policy, vision and strategy in order to ensure the well-being
of the population. The development and execution of national health policies is a dynamic
and complex process that requires detail knowledge and understanding of the general
population (Herzig et al., 2016). This study will focus on infection prevention and control
policy, highlighting the scope of the programme and what will be the impact of the policy in
nursing and healthcare system of Australia.
Infection prevention and control policy
Infection prevention and control policy aim to safeguard the trust which will provide
an effective system and environment of care that will, in turn, minimise or reduce the threat
of infection to staff, patients and visitors. Under this policy, the recommendation from an
expert or specialist advice can be communicated to the people of the general population
(Www1.health.nsw.gov.au, 2019). The infection prevention and control policy consist of a
team that will be responsible for advising people regarding the benefit of implementing the
policy, supporting local management and government to prevent the onset of any infection,
support the patient and employees dealing with infection control and providing surveillance
for estimating the infection rate and illness. The primary objective of Infection prevention
and control policy is as follows (Uhb.nhs.uk, 2019):
 To safeguard that every staff recognise their responsibilities associated with the
inhibition and control of contamination within the Trust.
 To construct relevant framework and principles associated with the implementation of
the policy.

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 To safeguard agreement with the national guidance and policy associated with
infection inhibition and control.
 To guarantee that every staff members understand the significance of accurate
medical device sanitisation and procedures that are associated with the inhibition and
regulation of the contamination within the Trust.
Scope of the Policy
The infection control and prevention policy directive should be executed in the NSW
Health Organization. The scope of infection control and prevention policy are as follows
(Nhmrc.gov.au, 2019):
 Necessities for the inhibition of infection and control program
 Reusing of ecological, medical devices and tools
 Approaches for prevention and administration of hand-associated infection (HAI)
including the infection triggered by multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs) and
infections
 Infection inhibition and control occurrences and risk
 Direction on authority and superiority monitoring
 Supervising the animals in the form of patients
 Standard and communication-based protections
 Outbursts of communicable infections and infectious diseases
Risk Management
The public health organization (PHO) that is planning to implement the infection
control and prevention policy must use and practice the risk management agenda that will
help the PHO in identifying the collective and individual risk factors for any specific
situation, the procedure and the management strategy to decrease the threat of hand-