Infection control systems
System C's Infection Control system (known as Kings Infection Control System [KICS]) provides cost effective patient infection control surveillance and reporting that allows NHS Trusts to comply with the Hygiene Code.
KICS has been developed in conjunction with Kings College Hospital London. The system offers a comprehensive solution supporting patient-based infection control surveillance and reporting. Controlling the acquisition and spread of multiple-resistant organisms in healthcare is an important part of the infection control team's duties. In most instances information on alert organisms is collated via the microbiology laboratory and then supplemented with clinical information by visiting the patient. A National Audit Office (NAO) report showed most infection control teams were using paper-based systems and only a few NHS Trusts had computer systems available to infection control teams.
Simple to use and easy to set up
KICS is a fully integrated system with seamless interfaces to both
the PAS (for demographic data) and the Microbiology Laboratory
Information Management system (LIMS) to offer an automated transfer
of information. It has its own user definable rules engine allowing
users to set up what constitutes an 'alert organism' or
'infection'. The system is menu driven and intuitive,
allowing users to view information on individual patient records or
lists of inpatients. Data can be collated on alert organism
patterns by wards or patient groups. This can then be used to
produce either standard or customised reports.
Features include:
- A real time HL7 interface to the LIMS enables the rules engine within the system to create and send automatic alerts for an organism/infection such as MRSA, VRE or C Diff
- A real time HL7 interface to the PAS allows for the real time tracking of a patient's current location as well as past locations for each episode of care
- DoH mandatory reports are available such as the C Diff Associated Disease (CDAD) Report, VRE Bacteraemia and the MRSA Bacteraemia Reports
- Standard reports such as Infections by Ward and Mupirocin 200 Resistance
- Ad-hoc reporting allows users to do root cause analysis in real time.
The software can be fully customised offering users full flexibility to configure the system to their needs. The system can be configured to meet local needs in a web based format that is both innovative and integrates key systems.
Reduction of Infection and Time Saving
KICS is designed to automate the collection of data required by the
infection control team. The data provides real time alerts and
reports which help the team to implement the appropriate actions
more quickly, saving time which in turn helps to reduce the
incidences of hospital acquired infection.
KICS is also available as an integrated module of the Medway Sigma EPR.
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