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Audrey Byrne replied to the topic eCAT Audit in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 5 years, 3 months agoHi Terry,
Our cleaning contractors use ECat for environmental audits. I’m not familiar with it for hand hygiene audits.
Audrey
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Lenora Leonard replied to the topic eCAT Audit in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 5 years, 5 months agoNot familiar with this Terry?
Kind regards
Lenora
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Terry Smith started the topic eCAT Audit in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 5 years, 6 months agoMorning All,
is anyone using the eCAT audit device system? If so have they added the Hand hygiene core/non core data collection form, action plan etc.. or something similar to it?
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Lenora Leonard replied to the topic Blood culture guidelines and central lines in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 6 years, 10 months agoA follow-on question from this thread on taking blood cultures. If the patient has a gripper needle in a port and spikes a temperature, do you recommend removing the gripper needle (usually in-place for five days), replacing with a new gripper needle and then take the blood cultures or do you take the blood cultures through the old gripper needle…[Read more]
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Lenora Leonard replied to the topic Blood culture guidelines and central lines in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 6 years, 10 months agoA follow-on question from this thread on taking blood cultures. If the patient has a gripper needle in a port and spikes a temperature, do you recommend removing the gripper needle (usually in-place for five days), replacing with a new gripper needle and then take the blood cultures or do you take the blood cultures through the old gripper needle…[Read more]
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Audrey Byrne replied to the topic Blood culture guidelines and central lines in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 6 years, 11 months agoHi Edith,
I have attached our policy for taking blood cultures from CVC lines. I hope it’s helpful
Kind regards,
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Audrey Byrne replied to the topic Blood culture guidelines and central lines in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 6 years, 11 months agoHi Edith,
I have attached our policy for taking blood cultures from CVC lines. I hope it’s helpful
Kind regards,
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Alison Maguinness started the topic HPSC – Lead HH auditor training in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 7 years, 2 months agoThe HPSC are delighted to confirm that the next Lead Auditor Hand Hygiene training days will take place on;
Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of November 2017 in the
Boardroom, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.
Anyone interested in attending one of these training days should please complete the…[Read more] -
Alison Maguinness started the topic HPSC – Lead HH auditor training in the forum
Audits and Care Bundles 7 years, 2 months agoThe HPSC are delighted to confirm that the next Lead Auditor Hand Hygiene training days will take place on;
Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of November 2017 in the
Boardroom, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.
Anyone interested in attending one of these training days should please complete the…[Read more] -
Alison Maguinness posted an update in the group
Audits, Audit Tools and Care Bundles 8 years, 3 months agoDear all,
Period 12 of the national hand hygiene audit takes place between Oct 1st to 31st with results to be submitted by Nov 30th . Please note the following:
•Latest data collection forms are available on HPSC website
•Latest Excel file is on HPSC website as version v3.4. Please keep the order and the names of wards of the Audit are…[Read more] -
Audrey Byrne posted an update in the group
Audits, Audit Tools and Care Bundles 8 years, 4 months agoHi All,
Does any one have a tool for auditing decontamination process in endoscopy?
Thanks,
Audrey
