Infection Prevention & Control Programs Flashcards
How long has IP&C programs been evolving?
70
What does CDC stand for?
Center for Disease Control
What does SHEA stand for?
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
someone who is qualified through education, training, experience, or certification in infection prevention and control.
Infection Preventionist (IP)
Policies and procedures put in place to minimize or reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitals and other healthcare settings.
Infection prevention and control program (IPC)
Functions as the central decision-making and policymaking body for infection prevention in healthcare setting.
Infection prevention committee
The Institute of Medicine defines healthcare quality as “the degree to which healthcare services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired healthcare outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.
Healthcare quality
Methods used to promote the use of evidence-based practice to improve healthcare quality.
Implementation science
A program administered by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) to provide professional certification to the IP.
Certification program
The absence of preventable harm to the patient while providing care.
Patient safety
Program organized around local guidelines and regulations to optimize quality healthcare.
International Infection prevention program
What activities (events) influenced the enhancement of infection prevention programs in the 1970s.
Increasing patient acuity, aging population, complexity and location of treatments, more homecare and ambulatory settings.
What program initially outlined in 2008, then updated in 2016 established new targets to set measurable reductions for HAIs through 2020?
Department of Health and Human Services’ road map for HAI elimination
What quality improvement measures/patient safety activities focus on HAI reduction?
Value-based purchasing, evidence based best practices, use of technology, implementing a culture of safety, and public reporting.
APIC
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, established in 1972
CBIC
Certification board of Infection control and Epidemiology, established in 1981
NHSN
National Healthcare Safety Network, established in 2005
SIR
Standardized infection ratio, created to adjust for the facility and patient characteristics.
TAP
Targeted Assessment for Prevention, used to assist facilities in using their own NHSN data to generate reports that help target infection prevention efforts.
What’s the SENIC project?
Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control
What is the three main elements of SENIC
- epidemiological surveillance for the occurrence of infections in patients within the hospital
- Formulation of policies and procedures to control infections based on data generated by surveillance and other sources
- Personnel specially trained in hospital epidemiology to collect the surveillance data and coordinate intervention activities.
CoPs
CMS’s Conditions of Participation
CfCs
CMS’s conditions for Coverage
Requirements of hospitals IC program by CMS
- hospital-wide surveillance, prevention, and control of HAI and other diseases
- Optimization of antibiotics through Antimicrobial Stewardship programs (ASP)
What is APIC’s pathway to certification program?
“Novice Roadmap for the Infection Preventionist”
Certification and Recertification Process
After initial certification, must re-certify every 5 years by passing exam or through continuing education (CE) by obtaining a minimum of 40 Infection Prevention Units (IPU)
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
What does FDA oversee
- Enforcing standards of safety & efficacy
- Labeling of all drugs and biologicals for human use
- Activities with food, blood, medical devices, antimicrobial products, chemical germicides used with equipment, PPE, reprocessing of reusable medical devices
Which company issues medical device recalls?
FDA
Who developed the “National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Roadmap to elimination”. What are the targets?
US Department of Health and Human Services
- CLABSI
- CAUTI
- MRSA
- MRSI BSI
- C. diff infections
- C. diff hospitalizations
- SSI
What is the 5 Million Lives Campaign
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) initiative to protect patients from 5 million incidents of medical harm over two years (12/2006 - 12/2008)
