This article is from page 12 of the 2013-10-22 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
THE HSE has paid tribute to the staff at Ennis Hospital following the hospital’s most successful HIQA report to date.
Dr Con Cronin, Clinical Director for Medicine at the University Hospitals, said the hospital would also be addressing any of the deficits highlighted in the overall positive report.
“I would like to thank the staff of Ennis for their commitment to the hand hygiene programme and welcome the positive report from HIQA. We are committed to improving patient safety and the environment for patients and the report identified evidence of good practice in Ennis Hospital. We are implementing our action plan to address the deficits identified and build on the areas where we have demonstrated good practice,” he said.
“The Hospital Group recognises the importance of hand hygiene and its significant role in infection control prevention and has been working to improve hand hygiene compliance.
“Ennis Hospital provides hand hygiene training to all staff, this is mandatory training and repeated frequently. Unannounced hand hygiene audits by senior clinical staff within the UL hospitals are carried out to ensure that compliance and training is prioritised. The hospital is implementing an action plan to address any deficits identified and to build on the areas where good practice has been demonstrated,” he concluded.