Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what risk assessments have been carried out in wards 4a and 4b at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital; what the results were, and whether any changes to practices and procedures were made as a result.
A variety of risk assessments are undertaken across all wards in the Hospital, including 4a and 4b, covering social distancing, hand hygiene, infection control precautions (SICPs) audits every 6 months, patient placement, and the verification of the specialist ventilation systems in ward 4b. The new and innovative Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) dashboard available to all staff enables real time review of IPC data, and allows for a quick and effective response to any risks reported.