Sally Casley

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Sally Casley Deputy Director,Clinical Policy
GovernanceNorth and East Yorkshire Northern
Lincolnshire SHA
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A Health Economy Approach to Healthcare Acquired
Infection

• Serving 1.64 million people,the authority
  oversees 17 trusts
• primary care, hospital, ambulance and mental
  health
• 4,500 square miles addressing the needs of very
  rural
• communities as well as urban areas
• Making healthcare acquired infection everyones
  business

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Improving patient care by reducing the risk of
hospital acquired infection National Audit
Office Report July 2004
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Local Approach 1

• SHA Chief Executive Membership on the national
  Cleaner Hospitals Project Board
• Chief Executive Leadership steering group
  chaired by Non Executive
• Education and learning to underpin practice
  elearning programmes
• Clean Your Hands National Pilot
• Website http//www.neynlha.nhs.uk/LocalProjects/He
  althcareAcquiredInfection

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Local approach 2

• International visit to Holland
• Partnership working
• Workshops to share best practice eg PPI Forum
• Networks eg Critical Care Use of High Impact
  Changes

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Raising awareness about all healthcare associated
infections
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For further informationplease visit our SHA
website
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Success Factors

• Leadership
• Co-ordination
• Partnerships
• Communication
• Consistency of information
• Sharing

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Healthcare Acquired Infection

• Needs to be managed across health and social
  care systems as an integral part of patient safety