Public Health Section & Public Health Inspector

o Quality & Safety Steering Committee o Quality Liaison Nurses Meeting o Clinical Governance Meeting

 Conduct Clinical Audits regarding safety issues (absconding; restrains, falls) for process improvements.

Highlights of 2020:

 Held 11 Sectional Heads meetings.  Held 12 Quality Liaison Nurses Meetings  Held 02 Productivity Officer’s Meetings  Held 05 WIT Presentation Meetings  Held 03 WIT Leaders Meetings  Held 01 Quality Steering Committee Meetings  Held 04 Clinical Governance Meetings  Held 01 Maintenance Meeting

Public Health Section& Public Health Inspector

Date established: 2016 (Public Health & Public Health Inspector), 2020 (Health Promotion)

Main Objective:

The aim of the Public Health Section is to engage in disease prevention & control as well

Services Offered:

 Cantal coordination point for all the public health matters of hospital  Supervision of the general cleanliness of the hospital  Supervision of the waste disposal system and the sewerage system & obtaining the scheduled waste license for the institution.  Monitor the cleanliness of the kitchen periodically and sanitation of the kitchen staff by screening them and liaising with the Public Health Inspector in performing tests to check the quality of food.  Assist in providing safe water to the institution by performing tests to check the quality of drinking water sources liaising with PHI.  Provide technical supervision & coordination of Infection control Nursing Officers and PHI activities.  Conduct infection control activities in the hospital liaising with Infection Control Nursing Officers under the supervision of Consultant Microbiologist.  Play advisory role in monthly Infection Control Liaison Nurses meetings.  Liaise with Public Health Inspector in preventive activities such as identification of dengue breeding sites, fogging activities, control flies, control bed bugs and other entomological issues.  Conduct vaccination and sterilization programme for cats and dogs in the hospital premises.

Highlights of 2020:

 The bulk of the work of Public Health Section & Public Health Inspector was centered around the

Covid19 response. You may read about it above in ‘NIMH Response to Covid-19’.  Conduct a programme for breast feeding awareness week on 26.08.2020 for pregnant and lactating mothers.  Conducted a training on PPE handling and PCR taking for staff members on 11.12.2020.  Conducted a training for staff members on handling covid positive patients on 16.12.2020.