Infection Control

Getting organized to meet standards on MDROs

Briefings on Infection Control, July 1, 2009

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The Joint Commission’s 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NSPG) related to improving IC measures are thorough, but they may not be as difficult as you think.

Particularly when it comes to NPSG.07.03.01, which addresses MDROs specifically, most IPs have already implemented the required initiatives. It’s just a matter of organizing information with a risk assessment, setting concrete goals, and following through and tracking existing initiatives, says Libby Chinnes, RN, BSN, CIC, an IC consultant at IC Solutions, LLC, in Mount Pleasant, SC.

“I think most of what The Joint Commission has asked of us, we have been doing for a long time, but this is just an organized fashion to look at it,” Chinnes says. “Probably the biggest thing is that it gives credence and accountability to somebody who is responsible. If our infection rates with these organisms don’t decrease, The Joint Commission and other regulators will look not only at the IP, but the frontline staff and senior leadership.”

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