Infection Prevention Solutions (IPS) was formed in response to the requirements of the health and social care sector enabling those service providers without in-house comprehensive Infection Control service provision, to meet the statutory requirements of both the Department of Health and Care Quality Commission relating to Infection Prevention and Control standards.

The company provides a unique pro-active specialist Infection Control service incorporating 
consultation,audits, training programmes, staff support, temporary staff cover, development and
publication of policies andprocedures specific to a variety of environments and other infection
control services. Almost all of theseservices can be purchased online for speed of receipt. We
also have a unique Self Web auditing facility to bettertailor clients needs and reduce costs,
enabling the client to use our incredibly fast web audit system and our Infection Prevention
database to produce the full report and action plan fully referenced and up to date at all

times. This works instantly the audit is complete and all you relevant reports are ready to use.

The company is managed by Ms Dee May RGN, DMS, Clinical Director, an internationally
recognised InfectionControl specialist nurse with over 25 years experience in the field. The
company employs a wide range of full time and flexible staff with experience across the full
range of health, Primary Care social care environments. All staff are specialist infection control
nurses and all have relevant infection control qualifications (ENB 329, Diploma / Degree in
Infection Control) and relevant teaching qualifications.  The Company also employs

(on a consultancy basis) a consultant Medical Microbiologist with extensive experience in
both medicalmicrobiology and infection control both in the UK and overseas.



Additional credentials include:

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• All staff have undergone enhanced CRB checks;
• Full Professional Indemnity cover for all our professional staff to conduct infection control consultancy services
• The company is fully accredited in BS ISO 9001:2008
• All of our Link Practitioner course are fully accredited with the Royal College of Nursing.



The Company currently provides services under contract to a wide range of NHS Trusts, the newly formed commissioning groups, remaining PCT’s , Local Authorities the Health Protection Agency and independent sector healthcare providers.

References are available on request.



Our Experience:

> A national Hygiene audit for a European contract – Over 300 Care Homes & Mental Health audits undertaken throughout the whole of the Republic Of Ireland.

> Improvements which led to a reduction of hospital-acquired infection rates (C.difficile) of circa 50%- we haveworked with some of the largest teaching hospitals    and NHS Trusts in the UK.

> Responsible for the infection control training of all staff within four large acute trusts to meet annual training needs

> A collaborative project on a sector-wide assessment of surgical instruments in primary care for the National Decontamination Strategy

> Over 25,000 infection control audits undertaken in the last eight years

> Over 6,000 audits completed in dental practices to the standards of HTM01-05 for decontamination

> The largest infection control database, managed by clinical experts daily – the basis for our innovative audit products with the biggest audit database in      
   Infection prevention.

> Development of ICAT (Infection Control Audit Technology) – our own in-house audit solution, designed andmanaged by infection control specialists and now
   available for client use and widely used and licensed to the NHS and Private Sector. All WEB AUDITING IS VIA THIS UNIQUE SOFTWARE

> Care home audits for one of the largest primary care trusts in the UK producing reports for 220 facilities

> Some of the largest Care Homes Groups are already our clients.

> Running NHS wide self auditing for large PCT’s for both GP AND DENTISTS

> Comprehensive policy manuals for a wide range of health care providers to meet Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements

> Development of a unique monthly service package for care homes allowing them to outsource elements of infection control to adhere to CQC regulation for
   Outcome 8. 

> RCN Accredited Infection Control Link Practitioner Training courses for sector specific groups of healthcare staff

• Providing Infection Control specialists on contract to :
     • Mental Health providers
     • Care Homes and care home groups
     • Patient Transport Services
     • Acute Hospitals and Primary Care Commissioners
     • Diagnostics and treatment centres. (Clinics)
     • The Private sector