Public Board of Directors papers 27.01.22

All staff understand the symptoms of COVID-19 and take appropriate action if they or a member of their household display any of the symptoms (even if experiencing mild symptoms) in line with national guidance

Recognised symptoms of COVID-19 are widely displayed throughout the trust e.g. staff and patient entrances, clinical areas and IT screen savers, including actions to take if they or a household member displays symptoms and how to report absence. See Screensaver slide pack 20122021 v26. Absence reporting information is also available on the trust intranet and can be assessed via The Christie app which is available for download onto personal mobile devices. Clinical and patient facing staff undergo weekly asymptomatic PCR testing for COVID-19. Whilst staff testing is not mandatory, compliance is monitored by the staff testing team and reported at the trust wide sitrep / operational huddle. Actions are agreed if required and reported back to the sitrep / operational huddle for assurance of completion. See Trust wide sitrep / operational huddle 11/01/22. Ongoing surveillance of infection rates is monitored and reported back to trusts via the daily GM Gold meetings and presented in their minutes that are distributed to GM Gold Commanders / Exec on call distribution team and trust SPOC’s for onward distribution. See GM Gold Situation Summary - January 9, 2022 and GM Gold Variant Data January 12, 2022. Hospital onset cases are reported internally at the daily sitrep / operational huddle meetings and externally via the national daily COVID-19 sitrep. Two or more positive cases linked in time and place trigger the declaration of an outbreak and are reported and managed in line with the trusts management of outbreak policy. See Outbreak Management Policy (Formerly Ward Closure Policy).

To monitor compliance and reporting for asymptomatic staff testing

Clinical areas and/or individuals with reduced compliance are monitored via these reports and appropriate actions taken with division/service leads to rectify this.

There is a rapid and continued response to ongoing surveillance of rates of infection transmission within the local population and for hospital/organisation onset cases (staff and patients/individuals)

Positive cases identified after admission who fit the criteria for investigation should trigger a case investigation. Two or more positive cases linked in time and place

C1501: Infection prevention and control board assurance framework (24 December 2021 Version 1.8) – January 2022

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