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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI 02600
Request Date
July 30, 2018
Subject
Viral Infections
Description
  1. As a trust, what protocols do you have in place for managing patients to prevent infection in the patient pathway?
  2. Do you have a policy for routine testing for bacterial infections a) in all patients b) in high risk patients only?
  3. Do you have a policy for routine testing for viral infections a) in all patients b) in high risk patients only?
  4. Is isolation the protocol for high risk patients? If not, please can you confirm what protocols are in place.
Response
  1. We have an infection prevention policy CORP POL 116 and an outbreak policy CORP PROC 488.
  2. We do not have a policy specific to routine testing for bacterial infections. We do however have policies relating to routine screening for specific organisms such as MRSA, MSSA CORP PROC 408 and CPE CORP POL 359
  3. No.
  4. We isolate patients that are a high risk of infection to other patients.
Attachment 1
corp-pol-116_1.pdf
Attachment 2
corp-pol-359_1.pdf
Attachment 3
corp-proc-408.pdf
Attachment 4
corp-proc-488_1.pdf
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