What does BMI Healthcare do to combat infection?
Infection Prevention and Control is taken very seriously within BMI Healthcare hospitals and every hospital has a dedicated infection control team. Because best practice constantly evolves, so too do our policies and procedures on infection control. The Corporate Head of Infection Prevention and Control works with each hospitals infection control team on a regular basis to ensure the implementation of evidence based principles and practice. In addition every member of staff receives update training annually. All these activities combine to monitor and maintain our excellent results. Who does what in the battle against infection? The specifics of each type of risk are, of course, varied. Depending upon their individual role the precautions each member of staff takes will vary as well. Here are a few examples of what the people caring for you will do: • Wear protective clothing such as gloves and aprons when handling bodily fluids, soiled linen and other waste • Thoroughly clean or steri
