DR. BRILL SERVICES. Infection Control Accreditation Program (ICAP)

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1 Infection Control Accreditation Program (ICAP)

2 ACCREDITATION OF INFECTION CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Hygiene and Infection Control Modern medicine presents huge challenges for healthcare workers. These include understanding new scientifi c information, regulatory requirements, documentation, study results as well as innovative medicine, treatment strategies and devices in their daily practice. Sometimes hands on patient care drifts into the background due to these challenges. In addition, new developments such as telemedicine and medical tourism have changed patient care from one single local physician with their team overseeing patient care to an international team of specialized medical staff, which in some cases do not even know each other. Despite this, patient well-being and safety needs to be a fundamental part of all patient care and has to be our central aim. One quality marker and safety aspect for both patient and staff is the rate of complications such as nosocomial infections. Therefore, infection prevention and control has globally become of growing importance over the past years. In times of Multi-Drug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO) such as MRSA, ESBL and VRE, international as well as national programs are needed to ensure patient safety.

3 Patients are aware of these challenges and expect excellent hygienic conditions during their contact with the healthcare system. At the same time patients are more mobile and do not only select the best facility in their city or country, but also consider other countries or regions for their planned hospital stays. This also challenges the infection prevention and control strategies as demonstrated during the infl uenza pandemic, where the H1N1 viruses spread along fl ight routes rapidly throughout the world. Infection prevention and control is one important key quality and infl uences all processes of clinical practice. Therefore, it has to be managed professionally and used as a major management tool to avoid a loss in effi - ciency of the clinical staff and their processes. The global WHO campaign for patient safety Clean Care is Safer Care led my Professor Didier Pittet from Geneva, for example, is one campaign focusing on increasing the awareness of hand hygiene importance. It includes more than 120 countries and promotes hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand rubs. Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene Design: mondofragilis network WHO acknowledges the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), in particular the members of the Infection Control Programme, for their active participation in developing this material. October 2006, version 1.

4 5 Essential Keys of Hygiene Management Personal hygiene including hand hygiene General hygiene including environment, air, water, general organization Surveillance and antibiotic stewardship High risk areas including OR, ICU, isolation rooms, instrument reprocessing Successful management of the four critical keys through a high-quality hygiene management system Infection Control Accreditation Program (ICAP) We established a holistic 5-step approach to certify your facility with a Certificate of Excellence in Infection Control, which is valid for three years. Step 1 is a site inspection based on international guidelines such as the German Robert-Koch-Institute, US-CDC, European-CDC, regional GCC, ISO/EN/ASTM standards as well as ISO 9001 quality management standard. In this audit, our experts will gain insight into your hygiene-related processes, documentation, environmental microbiological data, responsible personnel, training records etc. After this inspection you will receive an audit report in step 2, which is reviewed by an independent German expert. It will mention room for improvement, which is classified as recommendation, deviation or critical deviation. Also positive feedback will be included as hygiene motivation for your staff. If there are no critical deviations, you will jump to step 5 directly and receive an ICAP certificate. If there are critical deviations, you need to go through step 3, the improvement phase. After completing the critical deviations and a re-inspection in step 4, you will receive the certificate in step 5. In addition, your facility will be listed on the website showing its excellence in infection prevention and control. After the first visit, there will be annual re-inspections until the expiry of the certification after 3 years, when a re-accreditation audit is required and the process starts again with step 1.

5 Holistic 5-Step ICAP Approach 4 3 Improvement Re -Inspection 5 Quality Certification 1st Year 1st Re -Inspection Audit Report 2 2 Audit Report 2nd Year Site Inspection approved 1 1 Site Inspection improvable 2nd Re -Inspection 3rd Year

6 Infection Control Accreditation Program (ICAP) for Healthcare Facilities With ICAP we provide an infection prevention and control accreditation program for healthcare facilities such as hospitals, dental and veterinary clinics. Our infection prevention and control program is approved by German hygiene experts and meets international standards such as US-CDC, European-CDC and German Robert-Koch-Institute as well as the regional GCC-standards. Globally, the importance of hygiene increases constantly. Therefore, our ICAP certificate shows to potential patients that the risk for a post-operative infection is as low as technically possible, which is very important especially for patients that visit a particular country for a medical treatment and leave the country before any clinical infection may become obvious. To demonstrate to your customers that your infection prevention and control program is approved by German hygiene experts and meets international and regional standards, you will receive a high-level accreditation Certificate of Excellence in Infection Control from us to be displayed in your facility and on your website. Patients will feel safe and secure so that you can differentiate from your competitors within your region and internationally. Your benefits are that you will be able to reduce costs and attract more patients (medical tourism). Our services are provided by German experts who have years of experience in the field of hygiene.

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8 The Benefi ts for your Facility The ICAP certifi cate shows that you protect your patients and your employees. Infections Costs Reduction of facility-acquired infection rates ¹ Cost-effi cient prevention of infections ² Result Result Quality Patients Simplifi cation of your hygiene-related processes Facility becomes a reference in matters of hygiene level, improve patient safety and comfort ¹ Pronovost P. Needham D, Berenholtz S, Sinopoli D, Chu H, Cosgrove S, Sexton B, Hyzy R, Welsh R, Roth G, Bander J, Kepros J, Goeschel C. An Intervention to Decrease Catheter- Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU. N Engl J Med 2006, 355: ² Graves N, Halton K, Paterson D, Whitby M. Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals. Healthcare Infection 2009, 14:

9 DR. BRILL + PARTNER Qualifications and Experiences MScs, PhDs, MDs Microbiological test laboratory accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC ZLG recognition for medical device testing Accredited experts of DVG (German Veterinary Society) Accredited experts of VAH (Society of Applied Hygiene) Qualified persons according to 14 German Drug Directive Certified occupational hygiene experts 25 years hygiene consulting for healthcare, veterinary and food industry 25 years experience in cleaning, disinfection and sterilization 10 years strategic marketing and portfolio management 20 years product development 5 years regulatory affairs 5 years clinical study management 10 years study design for portfolio differentiation/ scientific USPs We work closely together with DECHEMA (German Society for Chemical Instrumentation, Chemical Techniques and Biotechnology) DGAH (German Occupational Hygiene Society) DGHM (German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology) DGK (German Society for Scientific and Applied Cosmetics) DGKH (German Society for Hospital Hygiene ) DIN (German Committee for Standardisation) DPhG (German Phytomedical Society) DVG (German Association for Veterinary Medicine) ESCMID (European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) EWMA (European Wound Management Association) GfKORR (Society for Corrosion Protection) ÖGHMP (The Austrian Society for Hygiene and Microbiology and Preventative Medicine) VAAM (Association for General and Applied Microbiology) VAH (Association for Applied Hygiene) VUP (Society of Independent Test Laboratories)

10 History of the Company The family business Dr. Brill + Partner Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology was established in 1995 by Dr. Holger Brill in Hamburg, Germany. The company offers consulting, training and laboratory services for the life science industry as well as healthcare facilities in the area of hygiene and microbiology. Dr. Holger Brill Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH has been accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC since 2006 and recognized by the German ZLG (Central Authority of the Länder for Health Protection with regard to Medicinal Products and Medical Devices) since In 2010, the company was handed over to the next generation of the family to Dr. Florian H. H. Brill. Dr. Brill is working within a professional network with international partners that are experts in different specialties. Dr. Florian H. H. Brill My vision is to provide high-quality individual tailor-made services to support our customers in the way they need. We are listening to our customers and see them as partners. In 2013, Dr. Brill + Partner opened its fi rst subsidiary company abroad. The subsidiary is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Local Representative in the Middle East and North Africa From our experiences within the hygiene field a focus on infection prevention and control is the most efficient means to avoid complications and failure, hence it reduce the costs for the facility. Additionally, patient satisfaction will increase, leading to the fact that they will prefer your facility over others. Martin Orlick Martin Orlick Sales Manager Mobile UAE Phone Germany Telefax Germany martin.orlick@brillhygiene.com

11 General Offer of the Company CONSULTING Our consulting services include certification of hygiene management systems and hygiene consulting. We offer scientific services for companies from the infection control and wound care business that include marketing and regulatory strategies as well as preparing registration documents for registering products such as cosmetics, biocidal products, medical devices or pharmaceuticals. ACADEMY Dr. Brill Academy offers public and private training courses in the area of infection control, infection prevention, disinfection, antiseptics, clinical microbiology and wound management. LABORATORY All laboratory services are performed according to international standards such as USP, Ph. Eur., ISO or special custom-developed in-house methods. The services include microbiological quality control and sterility testing, detection of microbial influenced corrosion (MIC), preservation tests, in-vitro and in-vivo efficacy testing of antimicrobial products. A special service is the development and validation of microbiological test methods and reprocessing procedures including cleansing, disinfection and sterilization of medical devices.

12 DR. BRILL & PARTNERS Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology FZ-LLC Dubai, United Arab Emirates Grafik: O.de Fotos: 123rf.com: Andrey Malov Wavebreak Media Ltd Mamoud Rahall lifdiz Microbiological test laboratory accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025