CS-11
5/22/2016 5:00:00 PM - 5/22/2016 6:00:00 PM
Identifying and Mitigating your Infection Risks: Performing an in-depth Infection Control Risk
Assessment for your GI Lab
The continued focus on patient safety and infection risk factors surrounding invasive endoscopy
procedures, challenges us to perform an in-depth review of our infection prevention and reprocessing
practices. Guided by evidenced based practices, professional guidelines and regulatory standards an indepth Infection Control Risk Assessment will provide identification and prioritization of potential risks.
The risk assessment is a systematic process to assess and examine the infection risks within the
healthcare setting, identifying potential harm to patients and staff in order to develop evidence based
strategies to mitigate those risks. A review of the Infection Control Risk Assessment process and
utilization of a sample risk template will aid the attendee in the development of a facility specific risk
assessment and the creation of a Prevention Plan. Additional tools will be provided to aid in the
evaluation of the Prevention Plan to determine the effectiveness. Incorporating the evaluation tool into
your program allows for a continuous plan, do, study, act improvement process to ensure that patient
safety and infection prevention remains at the forefront of patient care.
Objective
Content
Time Frame
Presenter
Utilize an in-depth
tool to perform an
infection control risk
assessment.
Identify infection
control risks within
the GI Lab.
Preview tool.
20 minutes
Darlene Carey
Review SGNA, ASGE,
AAMI, CDC and TJC
guidelines.
Review manufacturer
instructions for use
for solutions and
reprocessing
equipment.
Performance
improvements steps
for change
implementation.
20 minutes
Darlene Carey
20 minutes
Sandy Diciccio
List steps to mitigate
identified infection
control risks.
GI
Total
Not GI