Position Infection Control Nurse
Department Medical Services
Reporting to Infection Control Officer
Name of the Employee _ Ms. Shancymol Varghese
Emp. ID _____________ Name: _________________________________________
Initial Appointments Reappointment
Qualifications:B. Sc. / Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery from State Nursing Council.
Required Previous Experience:The applicant must have 0- 6 years post qualifications experience in a major Hospital in India or abroad.
Special Procedures: Successful completion of an approved, recognized course when such exists, or acceptable, completion of C.I.Period or other acceptable experience and documentation of competence to obtain and retain Nursing privileges as set forth in nursing staff policies governing the exercise of specific privileges.
Observations/ Proctoring Requirements: As specified in the Nursing staff bylaws, credentialing procedures manual, or department / division rules and regulations.
Reappointment/ Requirements: Current demonstrated competence and an adequate volume of current experience with respectable results in privileges requested for the past 6 months based on results of quality assessment/ improvement activities and outcomes.
Applicant: Place a check mark in the (R) column for each privilege requested.
(R) =Requested (A) = Approved as Requested
(S) = Approved under supervision (X) = Not Recommended
(Note: If recommendations for clinical privileges include a condition, modification or are not recommended,
the specific condition and reason for same must be stated on the last pages of this form)
R Column shall be filled by candidates and A/S/X shall be filled by HOD-Nursing.
Sr. No.RGeneralASX1 Disseminating objectives and policies of infection control to staff by teaching and monitoring. 2 Daily Assessment of environmental control through regular visits. 3 Daily monitoring and maintenance of necessary precautions for communicable diseased patients. 4 Daily monitoring and surveillance of unusual hospital infections outbreaks. 5 Reporting to infection control officer about patients with communicable diseases. 6 Educating the employees about infection control policies. 7 Daily checking of the biomedical waste segregation. 8 Reporting and taking corrective action against untoward IC related incidents. 9 Daily monitoring and collecting microbiology culture reports. 10 Post discharge surveillance for tracking surgical site infections. 11 Overseeing of the linen management and usage, cooking water and RO water cultures etc. 12 Providing vaccination to the employees according to the schedule. 13 Daily observing the invasive lines for signs of infection. 14 Visiting of CSSD for checking of biological indicators. 15 Attending workshops on infection control. 16 Daily checking of the SUD's. 17 Daily supervision of equipments cleanliness.