[PDF] Top 20 Report of the unannounced inspection at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth

... Authorised Persons observed hand hygiene opportunities using a small sample of staff in the inspected areas. This is intended to replicate the experience at the individual patient level over a short period of time. It is ... See full document

... The hospital had formalised governance arrangements and organisational structures with clear lines of accountability in place to support the safe use of ...the Louth Hospital Group and Our ... See full document

... Hydration Steering Committee in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda quarterly. Inspectors requested and reviewed copies of agendas and minutes for the last six meetings. There was a ... See full document

... The Louth Hospitals’ Infection Prevention and Control Committee served Louth County Hospital, Dundalk and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and met ... See full document

... Lady’s Hospital had an established infection prevention and control programme which was overseen and supported by a consultant microbiologist who chaired the Infection Prevention and Control ...previous ... See full document

... the inspection, inspectors viewed the hospital’s policies relevant to nutrition and ...The hospital did not have a nutrition and hydration ...mealtimes. Hospital managers informed inspectors that the ... See full document

... The hospital submitted a completed self-assessment questionnaire in August 2015 as requested by HIQA of all public acute hospitals (with the exception of maternity and paediatric ...this report where ...the ... See full document

... The Intensive Care Unit could accommodate 12 patients and included six beds in an open plan arrangement in addition to six single rooms. Two of these rooms were isolation facilities with specialised ventilation. All ... See full document

... this report as the Infection Prevention and Control ...and unannounced inspections of acute hospitals’ compliance with the Infection Prevention and Control ...for unannounced inspections undertaken ... See full document

... The underlying principles of observation during inspections are based on guidelines promoted by the WHO 10 and the HSE. 11 In addition, Authorised Persons may observe other important components of hand hygiene practices ... See full document

... - A bedpan filled with water was observed in the sink used for cleaning patient equipment and another bedpan was in a low level sink under the window. One urinal was visibly unclean and stored inappropriately on its side ... See full document

... The hospital had introduced an alert system to inform staff in the Emergency Department of patients who had been colonised or infected with a transmissible ... See full document

... General Hospital and Mallow General Hospital were both represented at meetings of the Infection Prevention and Control ...General Hospital and Mallow General Hospital by consultant ... See full document

... the inspection, inspectors were told that provision of an on-call cleaning service in the hospital outside normal routine working hours was also ...the hospital was planning to re-introduce a tagging ... See full document

... The hospital invested in an electronic documentation system in the Intensive Care Unit in 2011 following which staff in the unit had implemented surveillance of device-related infection in ... See full document

... Portiuncula Hospital must now revise and amend its quality improvement plan (QIP) that prioritises the improvements necessary to fully comply with the ...the hospital on its website within six weeks of the ... See full document

... Authorized persons observed hand hygiene opportunities using a small sample of staff in the inspected areas. This is intended to replicate the experience at the individual patient level over a short period of time. It is ... See full document

... The hospital had successfully introduced care bundles for peripheral venous catheter, peripherally inserted central catheters, central venous catheters, permacath and vascath, urinary catheters and peritoneal ... See full document

... this report relating to the maintenance and management of glucometer holders and monitoring equipment raised a concern for the ...the hospital review its current management system for blood glucose ... See full document

... the hospital management team. The hospital senior management team also performed quality and safety leadership rounds in clinical ...for hospital-wide environmental hygiene audits between January and ... See full document