Policy Manual sample

MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. • Where, when and by whom were they implemented? • How was their effectiveness measured? • How effective were they? IX. RECOMMENDATIONS What recommendations can be made, based on what has been learned? This is the place to suggest changes in policies, procedures, and/or educational efforts in order to: • prevent future outbreaks • improve surveillance and detection of outbreaks • improve the process of outbreak investigation and control X. OTHER OUTCOMES This is the place to describe what the outbreak, and the efforts to control it, have done to the population at risk. First, what impact did the outbreak itself have, including both health and economic consequences? • Did any individuals have serious complications that will cause long-term health problems? Was the health care system adversely impacted by the outbreak, for example by a surge in hospital admissions? • Were businesses or institutions affected economically (for example, by adverse publicity)? Just as important is the impact of the control measures on the: • Population—was their way of life affected? Did their immune status change (because of an immunization effort, for example)? • Reservoirs—if the reservoir was animal or environmental, how did the control measures change it? Was there a change in the abundance or distribution of the disease agent (because of sanitizing, spraying, trapping or other interventions, for example)? • Vectors—if there was an animal vector, how was it impacted by the control measures? Are there now fewer vector animals? Are they distributed differently in the environment? SERVICE TO COMMUNITY: Our Agency in Collaboration and Coordination with the County DOH and community agencies, will help in the treatment and care of the patients affected by the confirmed outbreaks infection, within the limitation, availability and safety of our staff. PROCEDURE: • After confirmed outbreak in our area of services the Director of Nursing (DON, Clinical Manager) will coordinate with the DOH and Local authorities the collaboration with the services and care to affected patients. • The DON, Clinical Manager will check the availability, disposition and safety of our staff to help treat affected patients. • If we have staff available, willing to collaborate with the services to our community, the DON, Clinical Manager will coordinate the needed services and generate the Plan of Care and services needed, and distribute the duties to each personnel. • Daily service report will be collected in the Agency during regular business hours. Home Health Agency Nursing Care & Procedures K-164