IPC Link Practitioner Meeting March 2019
Agenda Catheter resources UTI Sepsis/NEWs 2 New CDiff guidance Joint meetings Over to you!
Catheter Resources How many of you hold catheter clinics? Have you had training and who from? What is the purpose of the clinics? Guidance: National catheter tools for guidance https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/urina ry-catheter-tools Kent & Medway catheter guidance
UTI/ To Dip or Not To Dip Have you implemented TdorNTD in surgery? Has it been successful? What is the understanding of colleagues in surgery? Susan & Esther have attended all 4 PLTs to promote to GPs Information being sent to all Practices imminently How are you measuring implentation?
Sepsis and NEWS 2 Is this available in Practice? How often is it used in Practice? Are colleagues aware? Please share at all Practice staff meetings Very useful tool and being implemented totally in Wessex https://wessexahsn.org.uk/projects/116/det erioration-and-news
New CDiff guidance New guidance regarding CDiff If patient has acute care 4 weeks prior to result then automatically apportioned to acute trust and not community This will mean less Primary Care cases There will be a 4 week ‘grey’ area https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/clostr idium-difficile-infection-objectives/
Joining together Training for IPC Links in care homes Started Link meetings January 19 Share knowledge Share experiences Networking New and useful contacts Buddy up? Meet up?
Over to you! Questions? Share? Experiences?
Thank You We suggest that each IPC Link attends 3-4 of these meetings annually as evidence of IPC updates. A certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the year as evidence of attendance during previous year.