Clostridium difficile - RQIA Independent Review
Review_of_the_outbreak_of_Clostridium_difficile_in The_Northern_Health_and_Social_Care_Trust (1,282.11 kb)
Clostridium_difficile_-_RQIA_Independent_Review,_Protecting_Patients_-_Reducing Risks,_June 2008 (120.55 kb)
RQIA Review reports
A number of commissioned reviews have been conducted by RQIA. The most recent is RQIA's Independent Review into the Outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. Others include the Review into the lessons arising from the death of Mrs Janine Murtagh; a Governance review of the Northern Ireland Breast Screening Programme; and Cherry Lodge Children's Home - an independent review into the safe and effective respite care for children and young people with disabilities. Copies of these reports can be accessed below:
Cherry_Lodge_Children's_Home-An_independent_review _into_safe_and_effective_respite_care_for_children_and_young_people. (5,109.71 kb)
Unannounced Hospital Hygiene Inspections
The RQIA has just published its first Unannounced Hospital Hygiene Inspection reports. Teams of eight people, including a consultant in communicable disease control, infection control nurses and estates officers, turned up without notice to hospitals in each health and social care trust area. Using a multidisciplinary approach to hygiene and infection control, based on the Infection Control Nurses Association audit tool, the teams inspected a range of clinical areas. Copies of these reports are available below:
Governance Reviews
The RQIA has published its reviews of clinical and social care governance arrangements in health and social care boards, trusts and agencies across Northern Ireland. The findings from our reviews demonstrate how the concepts and practicalities of clinical and social care governance and risk management are being taken forward in health and social care organisations across Northern Ireland.
Review_of_Clinical_&_Social_Care_Governance_Arrangements_at_the NI_Ambulance_Service_Trust (956.25 kb)
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Infection Prevention and Control
A Regional Infection Prevention and Control Manual is now available online offering invaluable guidance to service providers. This is an invaluable resource for protecting those using health and social care services in Northern Ireland.
Infection Prevention and Control
A Regional Infection Prevention and Control Manual is now available online offering invaluable guidance to service providers. This is an invaluable resource for protecting those using health and social care services in Northern Ireland.
