CIW Infection Prevention and Control Audit - Care Homes
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0 Yes •0 No •0 N/A •28 Unanswered
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Questions
0/28 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current infection prevention and control policy framework that reflects Regulation 56, current national guidance and the service's statement of purpose?
Evidence to check
- • Current infection prevention and control policy and review history
- • Evidence it reflects Regulation 56, national guidance and the statement of purpose
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Leadership: Is a competent person responsible for infection prevention and control, with clear authority, time, resources and escalation arrangements?
Evidence to check
- • Named IPC lead role description, responsibilities and escalation route
- • Meeting minutes or supervision showing leadership oversight and resourcing
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Risk assessment: Are infection risks assessed for the people living in the home, the environment, activities, visitors and current local or national threats?
Evidence to check
- • Current service and individual infection-risk assessments
- • Evidence risks are reviewed for activities, visitors and changing infection threats
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Procedures: Do written procedures cover hand hygiene, cleaning, laundry, food handling, waste, spillages, personal protective equipment and outbreaks?
Evidence to check
- • Current procedures for hand hygiene, cleaning, laundry, food, waste, spillages, PPE and outbreaks
- • Staff acknowledgement or accessible procedure index
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Training: Do staff and volunteers receive infection prevention and control induction, updates and practical competency assessment appropriate to their role?
Evidence to check
- • Induction, refresher-training and competency records for staff and volunteers
- • Observation, quiz or practical-assessment evidence showing learning is applied
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Staff health: Are there suitable occupational-health, infection-exclusion, reporting and return-to-work arrangements for staff who may pose or face an infection risk?
Evidence to check
- • Staff illness, infection-exclusion and return-to-work procedure
- • Anonymised examples showing occupational-health advice and safe management
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Hand hygiene facilities: Are suitable, accessible handwashing facilities, liquid soap, drying materials and hand sanitiser available where needed and kept stocked?
Evidence to check
- • Checks of handwashing facilities, soap, towels and sanitiser stock
- • Photographs or maintenance records for accessible facilities
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Hand hygiene practice: Do observations and supervision show that staff clean their hands at the right times and use the correct technique?
Evidence to check
- • Hand-hygiene observation audit and feedback records
- • Action plan or supervision evidence where practice required improvement
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Personal protective equipment: Is PPE selected following risk assessment, readily available, correctly used, removed safely and disposed of appropriately?
Evidence to check
- • PPE risk assessments, stock checks and staff guidance
- • Observation or competency records for safe donning, doffing and disposal
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Respiratory hygiene: Are people, visitors and staff given clear support and information about respiratory hygiene, cough etiquette and infection-control precautions when needed?
Evidence to check
- • Respiratory-hygiene information for people, visitors and staff
- • Examples of precautions used during periods of heightened infection risk
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Cleaning programme: Is there a clear cleaning schedule setting out responsibilities, frequency, products and methods for all areas of the home?
Evidence to check
- • Cleaning schedules, product information and assigned responsibilities
- • Completed daily, weekly and periodic cleaning records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Cleaning assurance: Are cleaning standards checked through observation, audit or testing, with shortfalls recorded, escalated and resolved promptly?
Evidence to check
- • Cleaning audits, observation records or environmental checks
- • Evidence shortfalls were escalated, corrected and rechecked
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Equipment and touchpoints: Are frequently touched surfaces, shared equipment and care equipment cleaned and decontaminated between uses as required?
Evidence to check
- • Decontamination schedules for touchpoints, shared items and care equipment
- • Completed records showing cleaning between uses where required
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Laundry: Is laundry handled, transported, washed, dried and stored in a way that prevents cross-contamination, including when linen is soiled or infectious?
Evidence to check
- • Laundry procedure, flow diagram and soiled-linen arrangements
- • Laundry-room checks and records demonstrating separation and safe processing
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Waste and sharps: Are domestic, clinical and hazardous wastes, including sharps where used, segregated, stored, collected and disposed of safely?
Evidence to check
- • Waste and sharps procedure, contracts and collection records
- • Checks of segregation, secure storage and staff understanding
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Spillages: Are body-fluid spillages dealt with promptly using suitable equipment, safe procedures, PPE and records where required?
Evidence to check
- • Body-fluid-spillage procedure and spill-kit checks
- • Training, incident or replenishment records demonstrating safe response
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Food hygiene: Are food preparation, storage, service and cleaning arrangements managed to reduce the risk of food-borne infection?
Evidence to check
- • Food-safety controls, temperature records and kitchen-cleaning checks
- • Audit or inspection findings and completed actions
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Person-centred support: Do care and support plans identify individual infection risks, clinical advice and precautions while protecting each person's dignity, choice and wellbeing?
Evidence to check
- • Sample person-centred plans identifying infection risks and clinical advice
- • Evidence precautions are implemented without unnecessary restriction
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Recognition and response: Do staff recognise signs of infection, seek appropriate clinical advice, document concerns and act without delay to reduce spread?
Evidence to check
- • Records of infection concerns, clinical advice and prompt response
- • Staff guidance or case reviews showing recognition and escalation
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Outbreak preparedness: Is there a tested outbreak and business-continuity plan covering staffing, supplies, communication, isolation or cohorting arrangements and essential care?
Evidence to check
- • Current outbreak and business-continuity plan
- • Exercise, review or meeting evidence testing staffing, supplies and communication arrangements
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Notifications and escalation: Are infectious-disease outbreaks and serious infection-control concerns reported promptly to the appropriate agencies, including CIW where required?
Evidence to check
- • Notification and escalation procedure for infectious-disease outbreaks
- • Anonymised notification records or management review where a notification was required
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Visitors and communication: During heightened infection risk or an outbreak, are restrictions proportionate, clearly communicated and balanced with people's rights to family life, advocacy and wellbeing?
Evidence to check
- • Outbreak communication templates and visitor-risk assessment
- • Evidence restrictions were reviewed, proportionate and supported contact and wellbeing
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Clinical and reusable equipment: Is equipment cleaned, decontaminated, stored, maintained and, where applicable, single-person allocated in line with manufacturer and clinical guidance?
Evidence to check
- • Equipment decontamination, maintenance and storage records
- • Manufacturer instructions or clinical guidance used by the service
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ24 | Unanswered
Facilities: Are the home's handwashing, toilet, bathing, laundry, cleaning, waste-storage and ventilation arrangements sufficient, safe and maintained to support infection control?
Evidence to check
- • Facilities inspection, maintenance and ventilation checks
- • Evidence handwashing, laundry, cleaning and waste arrangements meet current need
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Communication with professionals: Are infection-control concerns, clinical advice, test results, treatment information and precautions communicated accurately to relevant people and professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Communication records with people, representatives and relevant professionals
- • Care records showing clinical advice, precautions and treatment information were shared appropriately
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ26 | Unanswered
Records and surveillance: Are infections, outbreaks, exposure incidents, actions and outcomes recorded, reviewed for patterns and used to identify preventable risks?
Evidence to check
- • Infection, outbreak and exposure records with anonymised trend analysis
- • Evidence learning identified recurrent or preventable risks
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ27 | Unanswered
Audit and learning: Does the service routinely audit infection prevention and control practice, learn from incidents and feedback, and complete improvement actions by agreed dates?
Evidence to check
- • Recent IPC audit programme, findings and action plan
- • Evidence actions were completed, checked and discussed with staff or people using the service
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ28 | Unanswered
Quality assurance: Do infection prevention and control findings inform the quality of care review, with leaders checking that improvements are sustained in everyday practice?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report containing IPC findings and trends
- • Evidence leaders checked that improvement actions led to sustained everyday practice
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