In service education on basic hygienic behavior among the staff members and residents can be quickly reestablished. Charts can be drawn over a period of months to see how well the facility is doing in controlling the problem and can be used as educational tools for both nursing and medical staff. But certainly they can control its spread through recognition, education and surveillance. Surveillance data should be routinely reviewed and recommendations made for the prevention and control of additional cases. An epidemiology report generated on a quarterly basis by a reference laboratory can be reviewed by the infection control committee or quality review committee to determine if problems are developing.
Discussions can center around some of the data accumulated.
The surveillance data above can be routinely reviewed and recommendations made for the prevention and control of additional cases. For example a graph could be presented to the infection control committee concerning the increase of urinary tract infections within the facility over a period of months. An examination of the above table where the residents are listed, can determine which areas of the facility are the most problematic. A graph can be displayed to indicate areas where the facility is having the highest infection rate. This could be due to many reasons.