Penn Hill Surgery

Infection control annual statement

Infection Prevention and Control Annual Statement 2025

This annual statement is generated each year. It summarises:

  • Any infection transmission incidents and any action taken (these will have been reported in accordance with   our Significant Event procedure).
  • Details of any infection control audits undertaken and actions taken.
  • Details of any infection control risk assessments undertaken.
  • Details of staff training.
  • Any review and update of policies, procedures and guidelines.

Significant Events-In the past year there have been no significant events raised that related to infection control

Audits -Minor Surgery audits are conducted annually and no infections were reported

Hand hygiene audit – no concerns highlighted

Risk Assessments – an annual risk assessment is carried out so that best practice can be established and then followed. The practice was found to be compliant.

Policies, Procedures and Guidelines: All policies are reviewed on an Annual Basis and a record of this can be found on each policy.

Introduction Infection Control

Date published: 29th June, 2020
Date last updated: 16th May, 2025