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You are in safe hands with Interhealth Care Services
Interhealth Care Services is the UK branch of InterHealth Canada; an award winning, international
hospital management compan!
Infection control is high on the agenda for Interhealth Care Services, which emplos the latest
technolog in ever aspect of hospital management; from hand hgiene, to "niform hgiene, and
even mop hgiene#
Interhealth Care Services manages the Cheshire and Merseside, and Kidderminster $HS %reatment
Centres! %o date, neither centre has had an incident of M&SA or C 'iff! (oth emplo c"tting edge,
state of the art infection control techni)"es, which screen ever patient boo*ed for s"rger! If a
patient+s screen test is fo"nd to be positive, the receive several wee*s of a decoloni,ation treatment
and m"st have - negative screens before the are considered .fit for s"rger!+
Interhealth Care Services is also registered with both the $ational /atient Safet Agenc+s .Clean
0o"r Hands Campaign+ and the 1orld Health 2rganisation+s .Saving Lives Campaign!+ As part of
these campaigns, all staff members m"st attend hgiene training at least once a ear! In addition, all
clinical areas "nderta*e a .hand hgiene a"dit+ at least once a month, where res"lts are fed bac* to
the infection control committee, to ens"re that safet standards are being met!
Staff in the clinical areas also "nderta*e an .environmental a"dit+ "sing the Infection Control $"rse
Association 3IC$A4 a"dit tool! %his loo*s at the overall tidiness, cleanliness and state of the facilit!
Interhealth Care Services is consistentl loo*ing at was it can improve its infection prevention
service! &ecentl, the 2te5 Medical Sanitiser has been incorporated into the hgiene regime! It is
designed to *ill an s"rface and airborne bacteria,and is "sed whenever a side room or ba is empt!
In an era filled with so man scaremongering stories abo"t infections, it is good to *now that patients
have total piece of mind with companies li*e Interhealth Services UK, who serio"sl invest in infection
control, b implementing state of the art sstems!
C62 of Interhealth Care Services, H"gh &isebrow won the .Independent Healthcare Ambassador
Award+ in 7889! &egarding the $HS %reatment Centres, he said, :C"stomer service is o"r priorit at
the treatment centre! 1e pride o"rselves on o"r high levels of c"stomer satisfaction!;
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Notes to editors:
1) %he Cheshire and Merseside %reatment centre has >> inpatient beds! %hese comprise single
se5 wards as well as individ"al rooms, with en?s"ite facilities!
) %here is also a @7 bed da ward!
!) %he facilit has onsite diagnostic and treatment services, s"ch as phsiotherap, A?ra,
Ultraso"nd and M&I and C% scanning, in addition to fo"r operating theatres!
") %hese facilities enable aro"nd B888 additional orthopaedic cases to ta*e place ann"all, which
contrib"tes to a red"ction in waiting times for s"ch specialist proced"res!
#) %he site of the %reatment Centre was chosen d"e to ease of access via rail, and also beca"se
it was a hot spot for maCor capacit shortfalls in orthopaedics!
$) %he Centre onl provides planned treatments, and so is "naffected b seasonal or emergenc
demands! Conse)"entl, last min"te cancellations or delas d"e to non clinical reasons have
been virt"all eliminated!
%) Altho"gh InterHealth Canada is a private compan, proced"res for patients are free, C"st as in
$HS hospitals! %his allows patients to have more choice abo"t where the decide to receive
treatment!
&) %he %reatment Centre is registered with the Healthcare Commission! It is inspected ann"all
to ens"re that medical controls, as well as comp"lsor hgiene, )"alit and service levels are
met!
') %he Centre is s"pported b all 9 /rimar Care %r"sts within the old Cheshire and Merseside
Strategic Health A"thorit bo"ndar!
1() Dor more information abo"t InterHealth Canada+s UK activities, please visit
www!interhealthservices!co!"*! 0o" can also visit the international website at
www!interhealthcanada!com!