Infection Prevention and Control We know that patients who attend Velindre Cancer Centre often have a weakened immune system. Therefore we have a tolerance’ approach to infections being picked up in our ‘zero hospital. We support our staff to do this by adopting national guidance and standards. For example, we know that some treatments have a greater risk of infection than others, including when we use catheters as part of a treatment plan. To reduce the risk of this type of infection we only use such devices when absolutely necessary. During 2014/15 we achieved a 22% reduction in the number of catheters used for female patients, and a 50% reduction in male patients. We know that hand washing is a simple and effective way of reducing the spread of infection. We encourage patients to ask staff about hand hygiene practices and every month we ask about this in our patient experience survey. In May 2014 we asked 40 patients if they had seen staff clean their hands before they cared for them: In 2014/15 we have: C.diff Reduced the number of Clostridium difficile (sometimes called C. difficile or C.diff) infections: 8 cases in 2014/15 14 cases in 2013/14 13 cases in 2012/13 MRSA Reduced the number of Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) stream infections: 0 cases in 2014/15 2 cases in 2013/14 0 cases in 2012/13 Reduced the rates of Meticillin Sensitive MSSA Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) blood stream infections: 2 cases in 2014/15, 7 cases in 2013/14 7 in 2012/13
Infection Prevention and Control We know that patients who attend Velindre Cancer Centre often have a weakened immune system. Therefore we have a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to infections being picked up in our hospital. We support our staff to do this by adopting national guidance and standards. For example, we know that some treatments have a greater risk of infection than others, including when we use catheters as part of a treatment plan. To reduce the risk of this type of infection we only use such devices when absolutely necessary. During 2014/15 we achieved a 22% reduction in the number of catheters used for female patients, and a 50% reduction in male patients. We know that hand washing is a simple and effective way of reducing the spread of infection. We encourage patients to ask staff about hand hygiene practices and every month we ask about this in our patient experience survey. In May 2014 we asked 40 patients if they had seen staff clean their hands before they cared for them: In 2014/15 we have: C.diff Reduced the number of Clostridium difficile (sometimes called C. difficile or C.diff) infections: 8 cases in 2014/15 14 cases in 2013/14 13 cases in 2012/13 MRSA Reduced the number of Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) stream infections: 0 cases in 2014/15 2 cases in 2013/14 0 cases in 2012/13 MSSA Reduced the rates of Meticillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) blood stream infections: 2 cases in 2014/15, 7 cases in 2013/14 7 in 2012/13
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