ICNet Next Generation - "Go Live" Autumn 2020

New Trust-wide Infection Control IT System Coming Soon

Three Phase Roll-Out

Infection Control Functionality 

Surgical Site Infections

Antimicrobial Stewardship (Pharmacy)

ICNetNG will provide:

  • A holistic approach to clinical surveillance, outbreak management and antimicrobial stewardship, with customisability to meet the future needs of the trust.   
  • Improved the patient pathway and experience 
  • Immediate alerting in near real-time, facilitates timely management and early identification of outbreaks and other potentially critical situations 
  • Client focussed (rather than solely IPC Team)
  • Unlimited licences with trust wide access tailored to user requirements 
  • Replaces AuditR infection control audits

Highlighted Features

  • Electronic notification to associated area as soon as a patient is diagnosed with an infection (eg. MRSA and respiratory viruses)
  • Infected patients can be moved to an isolation room immediately preventing potential cross transmission and outbreaks
  • Patient contacts be easily identified and monitored
  • Immediate individualised prescribing
  • Improved visibility and patient bed flow for the Site Teams
  • More efficient daily infection control tasks increasing IPC Team availability to ward areas
  • Reduction of antibiotic pressure to reduce HAI such as C difficle and multidrug resistance acquisition organisms.
  • Improvement in healthcare associated surgical site infection rates