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Effective ICT Round～Continuous Evaluation and Activities to Support the Site～

Etsuko OHTA¹⁾, Mayuko OSADA¹⁾, Hisao YOSHIDA¹⁾, Nori YOSHIOKA¹⁾²⁾, Ryohei KOKADO³⁾ and Yoshiko NABETANI⁴⁾
¹⁾Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Osaka University Hospital, ²⁾Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka University Hospital, ³⁾Department of Pharmacy, Osaka University Hospital, ⁴⁾Department of Nurse, Osaka University Hospital

The problem is that if the in-hospital environment is improved to some extent by the ICT round, it is likely to become a mere system. Since 2015, Osaka university hospital has started an environmental round (a round to evaluate the environment of each department) and an infection control round (a round to evaluate the achievement status of infection control for patients) as ICT rounds with four different professions. We regularly review and discuss the round method, results and issues, and improve the quality of round activities. As a result, each department began to evaluate the risk of infection control and to consider ICT round as one of the processes to solve the problems of their own. It is hoped that more effective infection control measures will be implemented if the department can independently consider and implement infection control measures. Implementing isolation precautions tailored to the patient condition will lead to more effective isolation precautions.

Key words：ICT round, environmental round, infection control round, patient condition will lead to effective isolation precautions

e-mail: ota＠hp-infect.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Received: January 24, 2021
Accepted: April 27, 2021

36 (4)：196─204,2021