Education Campaign to Battle Healthcare Associated Infections is Launched in UK Hospitals
Education Campaign to Battle Healthcare Associated Infections is Launched in UK Hospitals
(PRWEB) November 9, 2005
The education programme will be available to all 1.3 million NHS staff in England, making it one of the most ambitious education projects undertaken in the UK.
The programme has been developed on behalf of the NHS at Thames Valley University’s Richard Wells Research Centre, in conjunction with Irish professional education company Intuition Publishing Limited.
It is unlike any other previous training because it is designed to be relevant to all levels of staff within the NHS, from cleaners and receptionists to nurses, doctors, managers and chief executives. There are two versions of the programme tailored to suit clinical and non-clinical staff.
All new and current members of NHS staff are required to receive training in infection prevention. The Education Programme has become the standard training package and is available free of charge to all NHS staff.
Accessibility and literacy were priorities in the programme’s design. Importantly, it can be taught in a classroom or over the Internet. The online learning programme uses media including video, 3D and Flash animations.
The three-part programme covers all key aspects of infection prevention and staff can access individual modules in their own time and track their progress.
Hand washing is the most important action in preventing infection and this is highlighted in the training. Most of the programme looks at real life situations where decisions around safety have to be made.
The programme is available at http://home.teknical.com/nhselearn.
Chief Nurse Officer (England) Professor Christine Beasley said, “It is vital that everyone in the NHS and outside in other healthcare settings makes reducing infection and improving infection control their business. This innovative approach to training will mean hundreds and thousands of NHS staff can improve their knowledge of infection control and really help in driving down avoidable infections. I would like to see everyone, from Chief Executives and consultants right through to cleaners and healthcare assistants accessing this resource and improving their knowledge and skills.”
Christine Beasley is an Honorary Professor of Thames Valley University.
Currently one in nine patients will acquire an infection as a result of healthcare treatment at a cost of £1 billion pounds per annum.
Although not all such infections are preventable, it is thought that almost one third are.
Earlier this year the Department of Health launched Saving Lives: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA to ensure staff recognise how they can contribute to reducing infection and adopt best practice. This multifaceted education programme is part of the Saving Lives campaign and the first of its kind to address the needs of all staff.
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