Title: Bundles in Infection Prevention and Patient Safety

Biography:

Zarina Bee Nazeer has completed her Diploma in Nursing (General, Psychiatric, Community) and Midwifery from Natal College of Nursing, R K Khan Campus Durban South Africa. She has passed the SAMTRAC course by NOSA, safety management and training cum laude in 2001. She has completed the Infection Prevention and Control Course in 2011 at Netcare Nursing Academy in Durban South Africa. She has more than 28 years of experience in the healthcare setting. She is currently the Infection Control Coordinator at AFHSR in Khamis Mushayt KSA. She has been a speaker on infection control topics locally and internationally. She is a presentor at AFHSR IC Mandatory Training course for all staff. She has coordinated, co-directed and facilitated IC educational activities and has been extensively involved in major infection control activities, projects and programs for the past 15 years, including commissioning of new facilities, developing surveillance programs and evaluating IC programs. She is an active team player and has been instrumental in the Infection Control Service element for JCIA at AFHSR. The hospital has successfully passed the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA February 2017).

Abstract

Every healthcare professional, at every level, and across all healthcare settings, has been challenged to develop and implement programs to actively seek out risk and document harm (surveillance / reporting), to proactively design standardized processes and systems (prevention), and to create a culture where everyone with every action is responsible and accountable for patient safety (control). The presentation provides a summary /overview of surveillance and disease prevention and control of the broader patient safety challenges and their role in national patient safety efforts. Care Bundles in Infection Prevention and Patient Safety: If you know how to prevent infections, you know how to protect patients from most adverse events. Care “bundles “are simple sets of evidence-based practices that when implemented collectively, improve the reliability of their delivery and improve patient outcomes. A number of specific bundles are available that can be implemented in any healthcare setting. These packages of care contribute to infection prevention, reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing and may limit the development of antibiotic resistance.