INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL
Complementing this is another range on the market, I-Gienic and I-Gienic+ sheet, which offers a smooth surface, and is pivotal in a range of applications where infection control and exemplary standards of hygiene are required. Designed to be quick and easy to install the I-Gienic sheet is simple to deep clean, or clinical clean, due to its smooth impervious and non-porous surface. Designed predominantly to be used on walls, however, it is also entirely suited to doors, incorporating antibacterial properties. It is a superb alternative to tiles, no grouting is required and it can easily be jointed with welding rods, silicone or jointing trims for a seamless finish.
Products to support guidelines, policies and professionals
To facilitate the ongoing development of infection control policies, it is the responsibility of manufacturers to provide products that support the healthcare sector and that integrate with the guidelines and mandatory instruction given by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) and the CQC (Care Quality Commission).2 Responsible manufacturers, ensure that products support the ongoing vision from a health, fire and building perspective, and remain committed to ongoing product development to facilitate a wide range of demand that the healthcare industry has placed upon it.
Combined with reputable contractors that SEPTEMBER 2019
Anti-bacterial and anti-microbial products can support not only the reduction of HCAIs at hospitals but also clinics, care homes and surgeries across the wider healthcare sector.
design and build new healthcare and hospital projects, the support of professional bodies such as RIBA, BREEAM and our own product selector means much can be done to ensure our hospitals, clinics, care homes and surgeries are at the very forefront of effective infection control.4
The wider picture: Infection prevention and control
As discussed earlier, these anti-bacterial and anti-microbial products can support not only the reduction of HCAIs at hospitals but also clinics, care homes and surgeries across the wider healthcare sector. Antibacterial products are widely available and, where there is a choice to be made, it is worth considering light switches, taps, and other things that have typically required human contact to operate, and substituting them for sensor operated ones where you merely wave your hand in front to activate or de-activate. Awareness continues to grow as to how HCAIs can be managed more effectively and we believe that appropriately specified building protection, wherever appropriate,
plays a significant part in the cause, effect and management of them. By taking a wider sector approach, infections in other areas can also be reduced which may mean that, as a result, other acquired infections which then require hospital treatment may see a decrease too. Worthy of note is the Infection Prevention Conference at the ACC, Liverpool from 22 to 24 September 2019. With some significant guest speakers, it’s a forum for learning, discussion and best practice across all elements of infection control in the health care sector.
References
1
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and- information/publications/statistical/hospital- admitted-patient-care-activity/2017-18
2
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg139 3
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/ government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/170705/HBN_00- 09_infection_control.pdf
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https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/04/10-amr-lon-reducing-hcai.pdf
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