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3 8 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M AY 2 0 1 5 S T A F F I N G Safety Officers Can Also Manage … • Clinical and non-clinical department managers, who conduct preliminary investiga- tions for all occurrence reports, collect additional data and pre- pare recommendations for the safety officer to review. • A multi-disciplinary commit- tee that oversees environment of care and safety surveillance during infection control rounds. • A designated pre-op nurse, who runs fire and disaster drills. The nurse creates drill scenarios, coordinates the event with building manage- ment and outside services, runs and evaluates the drill, and pre- pares an action plan for defi- ciencies identified. • The OR manager, who serves as the surgical energy safety officer and who oversees relat- ed education, policies and activ- ities. Infection Preventionists Can Also Manage … • A pre-op nurse responsible for influenza education and vaccination of all staff members, licensed independent practitioners (LIPs), students and volunteers. • The business office staff assisting with the distribution of monthly infection and complication reports, and tabu- lating preliminary results. The staff also distributes infec- tion prevention education packets to new LIPs and annu- ally to all LIPs, and obtains written acknowledgements of completed education. • Individual staff members or clinical managers partici- pating in audit activities for hand hygiene and steriliza- tion logs. Audit results are presented to the infection pre- ventionist, who works with appropriate departments on performance improvement plans. • Staff training via a computer-based training (CBT) mod- ule that incorporates testing at the end of each educa- tion model. The CBT tool tracks all staff education for the year and serves as each staff person's education file. • A multi-disciplinary committee that includes the infec- tion preventionist and both staff and managers from var- ious departments who conduct monthly infection pre- vention and environment of care surveillance. The com- mittee identifies deficiencies, and specific committee members are assigned to take corrective actions. ADDED RESPONSIBILITY