Quality Assurance & Infection Control

Improve Quality Metrics and Infection Prevention Systems

Infection Control often works in conjunction with Quality Assurance initiatives to limit/eliminate facility risk, as well as patient, caregiver, visitor, and staff exposure. Our Infection Control and/or Quality Assurance evaluation includes:

• Root cause analysis
• Prevalence studies and surveys
• Policy and procedures
• Compliance
• Integration with other key functions (Education, Risk, etc.)

As part of the Quality and Infection Prevention consultation, our Clinical and Operational Improvement Consulting experts can assist facilities with ongoing regulatory agency readiness and recommendations for the following key operational practices:

• Develop a customized automated report for surveillance
• Develop reports for customized flagging medical records
• Complete a Risk Assessment
• Organize a multi-disciplinary committee to improve practices
• Perform retrospective surveillance for the previous 6-12 months
  • Results from last survey and follow-up surveys
  • Periodic performance reviews and other regulatory agency reviews
• Initiate active surveillance and prevention activities
• Serve as a resource to staff
• Develop education materials
• Develop alignment strategies for medical committees to monitor compliance with regulatory standards
• Performance Improvement/Measurement reports
• Infection Control plans and summary reports
• Emergency Management plans and annual evaluations