Produktivitätsverlust durch unstrukturierte Infektionskontroll-Nachweise bei Audits

Definition

NSQHS accreditation and professional standards require health services to demonstrate active implementation of IPC principles via documented policies, risk assessments, surveillance data, staff training, audit results and corrective actions.[1][3][4][6] When documentation is fragmented across binders, emails and separate systems, staff spend substantial time prior to and during audits locating and explaining records. Logic-based estimation: for a medium‑sized outpatient day procedure centre, 2–3 senior staff (e.g., practice manager, infection control nurse, senior clinician) may spend 10–20 hours each in the lead‑up to an accreditation survey collecting IPC evidence, plus an additional 5–10 hours each during on‑site survey responding to document requests, totalling around 30–80 hours of high‑value time. At blended rates of AUD 80–120 per hour, this equates to a capacity cost of AUD 2,400–9,600 per accreditation cycle, not including the opportunity cost of cancelled or reduced clinics.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Australian 🇦🇺 outpatient centres lose 30–80 clinical hours per accreditation cycle hunting for scattered infection control documents. Centralised, searchable IPC documentation can reclaim this capacity for patient care.

Affected Stakeholders

Practice manager, Infection Control Nurse / Coordinator, Senior clinicians and medical directors, Quality improvement staff

Related Business Risks