1. IPC Link Practitioner Meeting
March 2019

2. Agenda Catheter resources UTI Sepsis/NEWs 2 New CDiff guidance
Joint meetings
Over to you!

3. 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
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Kent & Medway catheter guidance

4. 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?

5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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?

8. Over to you!
Questions?
Share?
Experiences?

9. 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.