Infection Control: Surveillance, isolation, outbreak tracking and hand-hygiene audits

Infection prevention and control with live surveillance: healthcare-associated infections recorded and investigated, MDRO organisms and the antibiogram, antimicrobial stewardship, isolation and precautions with room tracking, a rules engine that raises alerts in real time, contact tracing, care-bundle compliance and outbreak management from first case to closure.

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Infection Control in the Bridge HMS Suite: Surveillance, isolation, outbreak tracking and hand-hygiene audits

Notifiable disease, reported the way the ministry wants

The IDSR case line list, outbreaks declared and followed, and the MoH 705 weekly report compiled from the cases themselves.

Priority diseases

The priority disease list with case definitions and reporting deadlines.

Isolation and contact tracing, room by room

Contact tracing of exposed patients and staff, outbreak cases, isolation patients with their precautions and the isolation rooms they occupy.

Antibiotics used wisely, hands washed

Antimicrobial stewardship reviews of restricted drugs, hand-hygiene audits by ward and role, and care-bundle compliance.

Organisms, rules and who gets told

Organisms, control measures, the susceptibility library behind the antibiogram, alert subscriptions and the surveillance rules.

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Everything in Infection Control

70 items in 14 areas, every one shipping with the app today.

HAI Surveillance & Records
- HAI Surveillance Case RegisterCentral register for healthcare-associated infection cases with auto-numbered references (HAI/year/000000) and full mail thread tracking.
- 15 HAI Case TypesClassify cases as CAUTI, CLABSI, CDI, SSI, VAP, MRSA bacteremia, VRE, ESBL, CRE and other bloodstream/urinary/surgical infections.
- Patient & Admission LinkageEach case ties to a patient, admission, facility, ward and bed, with each list narrowed to valid choices so the location is always accurate.
- Onset & Days-After-AdmissionRecords infection onset date/time and auto-computes days after admission to support present-on-admission vs hospital-acquired judgment.
- NHSN Classification FlagsMarks community-acquired, hospital-acquired or indeterminate classification and whether the CDC NHSN case definition is met.
- Specimen & Culture SourceCaptures the source specimen (blood, urine, sputum, wound, CSF, stool, catheter tip and more) behind each positive culture.
Case Workflow & Investigation
- Six-State Case LifecycleCases move through Open Investigation, Confirmed HAI, Ruled Out, Closed, Reported to NHSN and Reported to KEMRI/MoH statuses.
- Confirm / Rule-Out ButtonsOne-click Confirm HAI and Rule Out actions that post a note to the case history.
- Reported-to-NHSN / KEMRI ActionsEpidemiologist-gated buttons mark closed cases as officially reported to NHSN or to KEMRI/Ministry of Health.
- Initiate Isolation from CaseLaunches a pre-filled isolation precaution order carrying the patient, admission and causative organism from the case.
- Notification & Treatment FlagsCheckboxes record clinician notification, isolation initiation and treatment started for each case.
- Investigation Notes & ActivitiesRich-text investigation notes plus scheduled activities on every case.
Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Stewardship Review RegisterAuto-numbered (AMS/year) antibiotic review records linking patient, admission, prescriber and steward.
- Antibiotic Regimen CaptureRecords the antibiotic product, planned duration, daily dose and route (IV, PO, IM, SC, topical, inhaled).
- De-Escalation TrackingFlags de-escalation recommended/done, the drug de-escalated to, and auto-computes days from prescription to de-escalation.
- IV-to-PO Switch TrackingRecords IV-to-oral switch recommendations and completion to shorten IV therapy and length of stay.
- Eight Intervention TypesRecommends continue, stop-no-infection, narrow/broaden spectrum, dose change, IV-to-PO switch, add drug or drug-level monitoring.
- Intervention Acceptance & OutcomeCaptures whether the clinician accepted the intervention and the clinical outcome including C. difficile development.
Isolation & Precautions
- Isolation Precaution OrdersAuto-numbered (ISO/year) isolation orders tying patient, admission and room/bed to a precaution regimen.
- Eight Isolation TypesContact, droplet, airborne, combined contact+droplet/airborne, neutropenic/protective, enteric or none.
- PPE & Precaution RequirementsDefines required PPE plus movement restriction, dedicated equipment and family/visitor education flags.
- Room Signage WorkflowPost Signage button marks signage posted and logs it to the history for auditability.
- End-of-Isolation RecordingComplete and Cancel actions with end date/time and end reason (cleared, transferred, discharged, deceased, declassified).
- Auto-Close Expired IsolationAn hourly check completes active isolation orders whose end date/time has passed.
MDRO Surveillance & Pathogens
- MDRO Active Screening RegisterAuto-numbered (MDRO/year) screening records for multidrug-resistant organism surveillance swabs.
- Swab Site & Reason CaptureRecords swab site (nares, axilla, perineum, rectum, throat, multiple) and reason (admission, contact, periodic, post-outbreak).
- Screening Result & ActionCaptures positive/negative/indeterminate results and action taken (isolation, decolonization, surveillance, treatment).
- Five-State Screening WorkflowCollected, Lab Processing, Result Received, Action Taken and Completed states with dedicated buttons.
- Pathogen Master CatalogOrganism library with common/scientific name, gram stain, category and internal code; 16 organisms seeded on install.
- MDRO ClassificationFlags each organism as MRSA, VRE, ESBL, CRE, XDR Acinetobacter, pan-resistant or MDR-TB with badge display naming.
Antibiogram & Susceptibility
- Susceptibility (Antibiogram) RecordsPer-isolate susceptibility lines capturing organism, antibiotic, and S/I/R result linked to the surveillance case.
- MIC & Test MethodRecords MIC value and testing method (disk diffusion, VITEK, E-Test, broth microdilution) with test date and lab facility.
- Free-Text Antibiotic FallbackAllows a free-text antibiotic name when the drug is not in the product catalog.
- Susceptibility Library ViewDedicated configuration view listing all antibiogram results across cases for cumulative antibiogram analysis.
Outbreak Management
- Outbreak Investigation RecordsNamed outbreak records with facility, ward, suspected/confirmed/ended timestamps and full audit trail.
- Seven Outbreak TypesGastroenteritis, viral/bacterial respiratory, MDRO cluster, sepsis cluster, Candida auris cluster or other.
- Linked Case ClusterLinked list of surveillance cases with an auto-computed total case count for the outbreak.
- Etiology & Transmission AnalysisRecords case definition, suspected and confirmed etiology organisms, transmission mode and traced source.
- Control Measure ApplicationLinks reusable control measures plus free-text measures; 10 measures seeded across isolation, hygiene, staffing and screening.
- MoH & WHO Notification FlagsRecords notification to Ministry of Health and WHO for reportable outbreaks.
Dashboards, Reports & Analytics
- Hospital Epidemiology DashboardLive indicator feed returning monthly HAI count, active MDRO, isolation, outbreak, hand-hygiene and stewardship metrics.
- NHSN-Style Monthly ReportPer-facility monthly indicator report unique per period, capturing device-days and infection counts.
- Device-Days & Rate InputsRecords central-line, urinary-catheter and ventilator days plus CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, CDI and MDRO counts for rate denominators.
- Antimicrobial Consumption MetricCaptures DDD-per-1000-patient-days antimicrobial consumption and average hand-hygiene compliance.
- Auto-Compiled Weekly NHSN DraftEvery week, a draft NHSN report per facility is compiled or refreshed from live case, audit and MDRO data, without creating duplicates.
- Pivot & Graph AnalysisCases, MDRO, stewardship, audits, outbreaks and NHSN reports expose pivot and graph views for trend analysis.
Quality & Governance
- Epidemiology Dashboard
- HAI Surveillance
- MDRO Surveillance
- Isolation Patients
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Hand Hygiene Audits
- Outbreaks
- NHSN Reports
Configuration
- Organisms
- Control Measures
- Susceptibility Library
- Alert Subscriptions
It runs by itself
- Infection Control: Scan lab cultures for MDRO (24h)Runs daily
- Infection Control: Long-stay screening reminderRuns daily
- Infection Control: Close expired isolation ordersRuns every 60 minutes
- Infection Control: Compile NHSN weekly draftRuns every 7 days
Roles it ships
- Infection Control / User
- Infection Control / Practitioner
- Infection Control / Manager
- Infection Control / Epidemiologist
Guided assistants
- Infection Control Demo Loader
More in this app
- IDSR cases analysedCase reports by disease, week and area in pivot and graph.
- Hospital infections found while they are smallThe IPC dashboard, HAI surveillance by device and procedure, MDRO surveillance, outbreaks and real-time alerts from a rules engine watching labs and admissions.
- Rates the committee comparesNHSN-style reports, and HAIs, stewardship, MDROs, isolation, outbreaks and hand hygiene in pivot and graph.

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Infection Control shares one database with the rest of the Bridge HMS Suite and BridgeERP: these are the apps it already talks to, with nothing to buy in between.