Risk Management & Priority Setting
Abstract
Key points
• It is the responsibility of the Infection Control Team to identify infection control practices which are unsafe and hazardous.
• Unsafe practices must be assessed for their likely severity and frequency.
• Priority must be given to hazardous practices that have high adverse effects, occur more frequently and have low cost to prevent.
• Effectiveness of these measures should be monitored by regular audit and/or surveillance and the information must be fed back to front-line clinical staff and relevant managers.
• It is the responsibility of the Infection Control Team to identify infection control practices which are unsafe and hazardous.
• Unsafe practices must be assessed for their likely severity and frequency.
• Priority must be given to hazardous practices that have high adverse effects, occur more frequently and have low cost to prevent.
• Effectiveness of these measures should be monitored by regular audit and/or surveillance and the information must be fed back to front-line clinical staff and relevant managers.
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