Infection Prevention Solutions (IPS) was formed in response to the requirements of the health and social care sector, enabling healthcare service providers without in-house comprehensive Infection Control service provision to meet the statutory requirements of both the Department of Health and the Care Quality Commission relating to Infection Prevention and Control standards.
Infection Prevention Control provides a unique pro-active specialist Infection Control service incorporating consultation, audits, training programmes, staff support, temporary staff cover, development and publication of policies and procedures specific to a variety of environments and other infection
Infection Prevention Control is managed by Ms Dee May RGN, DMS, Clinical Director – an internationally recognised Infection Control specialist nurse with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. The company employs a wide range of full-time and flexible staff with experience across the full range of health, primary care, and social care environments. All staff are specialist infection control nurses and have relevant infection control qualifications (ENB 329, Diploma / Degree in Infection Control) and relevant teaching qualifications. The Company also employs (on a consultancy basis) a consultant Medical Microbiologist with extensive experience in both medical microbiology and infection control, both in the UK and overseas.
The largest infection control database, managed by clinical experts daily – the basis for our innovative audit products with the biggest audit database in Infection prevention
Comprehensive policy manuals for a wide range of health care providers to meet Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements
Mental Health providers
Acute Hospitals and Primary Care Commissioners (CCGs)
A fundamental element of the services provided by Infection Prevention Solutions is our ability to provide clients with the expertise of our staff on either an ad hoc or an ongoing infection consultancy basis.
As highly experienced and knowledgeable specialist nurses from a wide range of healthcare backgrounds, the professional infection control team provide their expertise to health and social care providers and commissioners all over the UK. All of our IPC specialist nurses have post-basic professional qualifications in IPC as well as teaching qualifications.
year. Many of our clients contract with us for a period of years, with many others requiring shorter term contracts to meet their needs. Our infection control specialists work across the spectrum of bandings for specialist nurses – from band 7 – band 8b – depending on the services required by clients. Some clients require us to work as members of an existing team. We may be requested to lead and develop an existing team and we may be required to establish a service where none currently exists – this has been demonstrated most clearly in Clinical Commissioning Groups over the past 3 years.
Tailor-made consultancy and training for your business
Large or Small our Infection Control consultancy service will match you business needs
Our team of Infection Prevention Specialist Nurses already provide this to CCG’s and Councils in the UK.
We are unique in providing telephone/email advice line support 12 hours per day and at weekends for urgent issues e.g. outbreaks to our smaller, independent clients who do not employ their own specialist nurses. Our phones are always manned!
IPS has access to a wide range of IPC professionals on an ad hoc consultancy basis as well as those employed directly by the Company. This enables us to meet client demands promptly and efficiently.
Infection Control Cleaning Management (ICCM) values its relationships with Cleaning Companies who provide services to healthcare providers, both in the Public and Private sectors. We are actively seeking to strengthen our relationships with healthcare cleaning businesses and to therefore enable them to strengthen their business relationships with their existing and prospective clients.
If you are a Health Care Service Provider and would like some help in this area then
The most effective way that we add value to your business model is by helping you ensure that your cleaning staff are properly trained and aware of the key issues in respect of Infection Control and cleaning and hygiene management. The needs of Health and Care providers to satisfy the cleanliness standards of the Care Quality Commission under ‘the 5 key lines of enquiry’ specifically ‘SAFE’. Cleanliness and Infection Control is becoming increasingly important and has been the subject of recent media coverage. The CQC will be auditing all Primary Care and Social Care premises over the next two years under their newly devised inspection model, which came into full effect in April 2015, this will provide even greater visibility where there are failings. The responsibility for ensuring these standards are met clearly remains with the management of the actual care provider. However, where they outsource their cleaning management, it is highly likely that they will increasingly look to the company providing these services for assurance that they truly understand the requirements and that their staff have been appropriately trained.
