The Joint Commission Big Book of Tracer Questions for Infection Prevention and Control (Soft Cover)

Infection prevention and control (IPC) has long been a top concern for health care organizations, and the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has only made the need for effective IPC practices even more critical. To help ensure that your IPC program is in top form, The Joint Commission Big Book of Tracer Questions for Infection Prevention and Control offers more than 1,000 IPC-related mock tracer questions to help guide you through assessing and strengthening all aspects of your organization s IPC practices. Throughout the book, small icons appear that are designed to signal to the mock surveyor or reviewer if a question requires something more or different from a typical tracer question, such as observing staff, reviewing a written document, or examining a patient record or staff file. The questions in The Joint Commission Big Book of Tracer Questions for Infection Prevention and Control have been organized into sections for ease of use, starting with general questions regarding the IPC program itself and working its way through various topics important to infection prevention, such as standard precautions and best practices during construction. The various question sets can be used as written, taking a whole set or mixing and matching among sets, or modified to suit the needs of your organization. The questions are available in downloadable, individual, writeable documents and in one large searchable spreadsheet. Most tracer questions can be used across all accreditation programs/settings. You can even incorporate questions from this book into JCR's Tracers with AMP® by choosing the questions you want on the downloadable spreadsheet and exporting them into the software program.Key Topics:The foundations of your organization s Infection Prevention and Control ProgramCompliance with vital systemwide precautionsThe prevention of health care associated infectionsThe cleaning and disinfection of the environmentEmergency preparedness for such emergencies as natural disasters or infectious patient surgesInfection control in relation to construction and renovation projectsVarious areas related to employee health, and staff training and education on IPC practices and policies and policies and safely during an infectious disease outbreak.Key Features More than 1,000 downloadable, customizable tracer questions, categorized by topic, tagged with setting applicability, and reviewed by Joint Commission experts Compilation of all questions into a single, searchable spreadsheet (linked in the e-book) to make it easy to build your own set of tracers A downloadable mock tracer template that integrates the SAFER MatrixStandards: IC, EC, EMSettings: Ambulatory care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, laboratory, nursing care centers, and office-based surgery practicesKey Audience: Infection preventionists/infection prevention and control practitioners in all health care settings, Accreditation professionals, Department heads and health care providers, Facility managers, Environmental services staff. Read more