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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/03450
Request Date
December 9, 2019
Subject
Hand Hygiene
Description

The information needed to cover from the FY 2016-17, 2017-18

1). How many beds and wards in the hospital?

2). Number of ward closure days reported due to infection outbreak.

3). Number of days, when the elective surgery was cancelled due to non-availability of bed.

4). Total number of health care acquired infections reported.

5). What is the trust status on implementation of scheme- GE3 Hand hygiene technology issued by NHS England in 2016?

6). The published research has demonstrated significant reduction in HCAI on implementing such technology. If this CQUIN is not implemented yet, would the trust consider implementing this?

(a) YES (b) NO (please tick)

7). What are the trust current budget/ capital expenditure in resource provision for?

Hand hygiene training and audits

Hand hygiene monitoring system, if any:

Supplies of hand wash/ hand rub solutions and other related equipment and managed service contracts per year.

Total number of hand wash basins and hand rub points.

Response

1). I can confirm our Trust has 36 Wards with a total of 685 beds.

2). I can confirm no wards were closed during this period.

3). I can confirm we have had no cancelled elective surgeries due to non–availability of beds because of infection outbreak during this period.

4).

2016-17 2017-18
118 141
   

5). Our Trust has not implemented GE3 Hand Hygiene technology. Consideration was given to various methods/devices but all proved to be cost prohibitive.

6). Our Trust does not have a current stance on this matter.

7). No specific budget allocated

No budget allocated

The current value of all Hand Hygiene and Soap orders in the 2019 calendar year is £37,530

The total number of hand wash basins etc. are published on the internet and can be found by following the link below:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/summary-page-and-dataset-for-eric-2017-18

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