Don’t Know Where to Start? Try an Organizational Risk Assessment

Healthcare organizations can be high-risk environments for the transmission of infections to clients, patients, residents, and staff. These risks vary based on the population that the organization serves, its geographic location, structure, level of care, and a variety of other factors.

Conducting an organizational risk assessment (ORA) is foundational to developing an infection prevention and control (IPAC) plan that effectively addresses the risks of infection transmission.

Public Health Ontario (PHO) recently made a tool that helps in conducting ORAs in clinical office settings. This tool helps users to understand the steps of an ORA and to develop an implementation plan with strategies that effectively address these risks.

PHO will be delivering a one-hour session, which includes a Q&A portion, to provide an overview of ORAs and available resources.

Intended audience: IPAC Leads, (Long-Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals, Public Health Units (PHU), Primary Care), Long-Term Care Homes (LTCH) Administrators, IPAC Hub Leads, IPAC Professionals, Public Health Professionals

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Define the components of an effective IPAC program
• Describe the importance of ORAs and the steps of conducting an ORA
• Understand how to access and utilize PHO resources that can assist with conducting an ORA

Presenter(s): Rohit Garg

Rohit Garg, MBBS, MPH, CIC, is an IPAC specialist who has been with Public Health PHO since 2014. A foreign medical graduate, Rohit earned his Master of Public Health from Yale University (USA) and has maintained continuous certification in infection control (CIC) since 2010. He is an active member of IPAC Canada and has served on the executive committee of its Greater Toronto Area (GTA) chapter for the past seven years. Rohit also holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, with a keen interest in quality improvement within IPAC. Prior to his role at PHO, he led the Regional Epidemiology Program at the New York State Department of Health and was the Director of Epidemiology and IPAC at Staten Island University Hospital in New York.

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The opinions expressed by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies or views of Public Health Ontario, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by Public Health Ontario.

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