APIC and IFIC: The Universal Right to Clean, Safe Care and The Importance of Those Who Make it Happen
Recorded On: 08/14/2023
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When considering the needs of highly functioning health care facilities and the human resources required for health, those who clean hospitals might logically be thought of as a central part of the health workforce, with the value and rewards bestowed on them reflecting their contribution to overall health outcomes. The evidence however, tends to suggest that in many countries this is not the case. Global baseline data, existing norms and standards, resolutions and campaigns, and research, are all potentially helpful in shifting from the status quo to a world where healthcare cleaning and cleaning staff are valued and supported in their work. We will examine each of these in turn, drawing on some hot off the press materials, and thereby stimulate a discussion on this important topic for infection preventionists.
Claire Kilpatrick
Consultant
Claire is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (with a PGDiploma in IPC and MSc in medical sciences), founding director of a small global health consultancy company and has been a consultant with WHO since 2008 (at global, regional and country level). She currently works across a number of sectors on infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene with a focus on guidance, implementation and improvement tools and reporting on global progress. She also has with a wealth of experience in campaigning and is currently involved in two critical projects that aim to outline priority research questions for both hand hygiene and environmental cleaning. One of her most recent publications is ‘the effectiveness of hand hygiene interventions for preventing community transmission or acquisition of novel coronavirus or influenza infections: a systematic review’.
Julie Storr RGN BNurs MBA MHS
Director and co-founder
KS Healthcare Consulting
Julie Storr is a director and co-founder at KS Healthcare Consulting and has an international portfolio of work, including senior technical expert with World Health Organization. Her areas of focus include the development, implementation and evaluation of guidelines and implementation-related resources in the field of patient safety, quality, AMR, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control. She was previously President of the Infection Prevention Society of the UK and Ireland, Assistant Director at the English National Patient Safety Agency and Director of the award winning national clean your hands campaign. This year saw the launch of her most recent book focused on the social rather than the technical aspects of preventing infections in healthcare.
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