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Weekly Matrons Infection Control, Environment and Hygiene Code Audit toolkit

Following the publication of the Hygiene Code as part of the NHS Health and Social Act 2008 and the Care Quality Commission requirement for all ‘registered’ healthcare organisations to declare compliance against a number of ‘Outcomes’, Synbiotix has designed a unique Weekly Hygiene Code Audit and Management Toolkit specifically to meet the needs of all healthcare organisations and in particular to meet the needs of personnel (Modern Matrons, Infection Control Matrons) responsible for auditing, reporting and declaring the compliance within their organisations.

The Weekly Matrons Infection Control, Environment and Hygiene Code Audit Toolkit has been designed on the basis of all the requirements, standards, outcomes and national criteria as laid out by the Care Quality Commission Annual Outcomes on Safety and Quality of Care, Hygiene Code Standards, Infection Prevention Society Guidelines and PEAT Assessment.

The Toolkit is designed to enable organisations to capture data required to demonstrate their compliance with the set standards and to also enable organisations to demonstrate their learning through the management of actions for areas of partial or non-compliance.

The toolkit is an innovative electronic web-based solution which enables easy data capture processes, immediate and automated measurement of compliance against set and agreed standards and the immediate publication of results.

Features of the system include:

All the Care Quality Commission Safety and Quality Outcome Standards, Hygiene Code, Infection Prevention Society and PEAT Assessment Guidelines and standards
Outcome categorisation for ease of reporting according to CQC set standards
Executive Dashboard view across the Organisation and drill down capability to source data, from clinical areas
Action planning capability for all partial and non-compliant responses
Summarised view of all actions and action plans across the organisation

Performance management view of areas of non-submission of audits
Email alert and prompt notification capability
Full audit trail of activity associated with data entry and action plans
Action planning timetable and summary view of all outstanding actions
Ability to set evidence requirements for clinical areas and attach policies, protocols and guidelines
Ability to add free text comments and notes within the system

Benefits:

Web-based electronic system enables easy deployment across the organisation. No need to install on separate PC’s. System will operate n standards desktops, laptop computers, portable hand held devices and mobile PC tablets or tough books
Can be used ‘Offline’, supporting any clinical area which does not have network access
User-friendly, fast, efficient and effective system, enabling organisations to capture and collect all audit data and evidence of action planning required for CQC declaration of the compliance against the Hygiene Code and Organisational PEAT Scores
Time saving data capture and automated results publication processes, releasing time for clinical staff to provide direct patient care and clinical audit/governance staff to focus on disseminating / sharing best practice

Provision of Reports for Clinical Audit Committees, organisational Clinical Governance and Assurance Committees, Health and Safety Committees and Organisational Board reports
Enables improved performance management of organisational challenges
Provision of compliance reports and evidence for performance against national mandatory requirements, Hygiene Code compliance , Health Protection Agency reporting requirements and Care Quality Commission requirements
Full training, user manuals and support from ward to Board provided
System updates and upgrades supplied at free of charge
Clinical advice and support for new organisational requirements provided