Change management and clinical governance in surveillance, prevention and control of healthcare-related infections
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Abstract
Healthcare Organization, Technological Innovation, Safety of care and management and prevention of risk from healthcare-related illness.
Crucial themes, key activities of Healthcare Management and one of the concrete applications of Clinical Governance.
Within hospitals, HAIs represent the largest number of adverse events that cannot be entirely avoided but are certainly predictable and partly preventable.
The Barletta Hospital (ASL BAT) thus launched a Clinical Governance process in 2024 applied to the Infection Control process which, in relation to the results, could represent an organizational management model that can be exported to other local, regional and even extra-national healthcare contexts. regional. regional.
METHODS :
An organizational model has been prepared that allows streamlining and optimizing the traceability of flows, the involvement of the various professionals competent in the matter, guaranteeing an effective, safe, appropriate and timely organizational path, as well as a significant improvement in the quality of care and safety of treatment.
RESULTS:
The experimental project involves the adaptation of the Organization in terms of Infection Control in line with the criteria of Safety and Organizational and Technological Innovation, also taken up by the legislation on Institutional Accreditation and Certification of Excellence.
CONCLUSIONS:
An Organizational Model that exploits digital technology has been implemented. An Ordinary and Extraordinary Management Plan for ICA, with the creation of a database where all the data relating to the preventive and reactive actions implemented following reporting/notification of the case converge.
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