{"id":15011,"date":"2023-06-21T01:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=15011"},"modified":"2023-06-28T07:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T21:15:53","slug":"ed-tpch-20230621","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-tpch-20230621","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Executive Director | Accreditation Update 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_14377\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14377\" class=\"wp-image-14377 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/tami-photinos-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tami Photinos, Executive Director, The Prince Charles Hospital\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/tami-photinos-200x300-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/tami-photinos-200x300-1.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tami Photinos, Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>In the lead up to the start of short notice accreditation, we are focussing each week on some of the standards. This week we&#8217;re looking at Standard 3 (preventing and controlling infections) and Standard 4 (medication safety).<\/h4>\n<h3>Standard 3: Preventing and controlling infections<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Intention of the standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To reduce the risk to patients, consumers and members of the workforce of acquiring preventable infections<\/li>\n<li>To effectively manage infections, if they occur<\/li>\n<li>To prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance<\/li>\n<li>To promote appropriate prescribing and use of antimicrobials as part of antimicrobial stewardship<\/li>\n<li>To promote appropriate and sustainable use of infection prevention and control resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TPCH Priorities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring our patients are supported to understand why precautions\/isolation may be needed for their care<\/li>\n<li>Consistent communication of infection risks including MRO status and precautions required<\/li>\n<li>Improving environmental cleaning in line with TPCH procedures<\/li>\n<li>Undertaking maintenance on any furnishing or fittings not meeting the standard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What can you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/2996\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzf06HNSf8U5rMX_LK.afrd.pdf\">bare below the elbows<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adhere to the <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/8018\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzfiLbB9uc30aPCN6Lf_OML.html\">5 moments of hand hygiene<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Always store linen covered<\/li>\n<li>Complete your mandatory Infection Control Awareness training if it is due<\/li>\n<li>Put in a work order for any surfaces or equipment in a state of disrepair<\/li>\n<li>Watch this video <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/8019\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzfV1wuLbDBkyK.SrdTHxfg.html\">Preparing for SNAAP: Standard 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Standard 4: Medication safety<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Intention of the standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure clinicians safely prescribe, dispense and administer appropriate medicines, and monitor medicine use.<\/li>\n<li>To ensure that consumers are informed about medicines, and understand their own medicine needs and risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TPCH Priorities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving documentation of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring safe and secure storage of medicines at all times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What can you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/8020\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzf5Yo2VFKWlCCqBaEjJ3.S.html\">decision support tools<\/a> in the end-of-bed charts and replace if out of date or damaged<\/li>\n<li>Ensure medication storage areas are always kept locked \u2013 in particular medication trolleys and beside lockers<\/li>\n<li>Never clip medication strips or packs to the end-of-bed chart<\/li>\n<li>Ensure weekly S8\/DS4 medication balance checks are recorded on each page of the register as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/8021\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzf12VEo44r9ThwrM_ZydWf.pdf\">Metro North Procedure<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Always ensure patient identification is complete on all pages of the medication chart \u00a0\u2013 including the hand written name under the label<\/li>\n<li>Watch this video <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/r43m6\/8022\/YqlmMGmVg4Xmz5artOzf2QxpcCAJs2JHYj8_aH.1.html\">Preparing for SNAAP: Standard 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14883 size-fusion-800 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/mn-accred-web-banner-800x131.jpg\" alt=\"Metro North Accreditation web banner\" width=\"800\" height=\"131\" 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auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead up to the start of short notice accreditation, we are focussing each week on some of the standards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":10439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facility-messages","category-ed-tpch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from the Executive Director | Accreditation Update 3 - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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