Quality Management

Chapter 6: Quality Management

Overview:

• Describes quality management in infection control
• Explains outbreak management and follow up
• Provides detailed tables of Lornadoone infection-control quality plan 2003 and various audit tables for infection control
• Defines differing infections and lists their symptoms

Description:

This chapter explains and examines the three expected quality related outcomes of continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, education, staff developments and how to achieve these constantly.

Topics:

• Achieving quality in care
• Quality management in infection control
• Outbreak management and follow up
• Documented quality management
• Classification of infections

Kevin J. Kendall
Kevin is an experienced practitioner in infection control. Having originally trained as a general nurse and midwife, Kevin’s involvement in infection control has spanned more than 17 years and his expertise in this field has been sought by hospitals, community health centres, medical practices, extended care facilities and child care centres. He has worked with many health professionals and aged care staff on program assessment, development and review; environmental safety matters; compliance with standards; education and training programs.

Kevin has held executive committee positions on the Victorian Infection Control Nurses Association, the Sterilisation and Research Advisory Council of Australia, the Wound Management Association of Victoria, and the Australian AIDS Nurses Resource Group. He is currently working as an infection prevention team leader for a large public health service in Australia.

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