{"title":"IPC Safety Check","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf-assessments for aged care, day surgery and hospital infection prevention, in Australian and New Zealand editions. Find your gaps and get an action plan.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ipc-safety-check-aged-care","title":"IPC Safety Check - Aged Care","description":"\u003cp\u003eInfection prevention failures in aged care rarely come from people not caring. They come from gaps nobody could see: a policy that quietly passed its review date, an antimicrobial stewardship arrangement that exists on paper but not in practice, surveillance data that never quite makes it to the governing body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Aged Care IPC Safety Check is a structured self-assessment that surfaces those gaps while you still have time to close them. You work through it yourself, score your own service honestly, and get back a clear picture of where you stand plus an action plan in priority order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it covers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive modules, built around the way IPC actually works in a residential aged care service:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGovernance\u003c\/strong\u003e — whether IPC and antimicrobial stewardship are genuinely embedded in leadership, accountability and risk systems, or just named in a document\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIPC programme and implementation\u003c\/strong\u003e — the largest module, covering how your programme runs day to day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAntimicrobial stewardship\u003c\/strong\u003e — prescribing oversight, review processes and the evidence behind them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSurveillance of HAI\u003c\/strong\u003e — what you collect, how it is analysed, and where it reports to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnvironment\u003c\/strong\u003e — cleaning, laundry, waste and the physical systems that carry risk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChoose your country at checkout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are two separate assessments, not one tool with the place names swapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralia (40 requirements)\u003c\/strong\u003e is built on the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards effective 1 July 2025 and the Aged Care Act 2024, covering Standards 2, 4 and 5. It cross-maps to the ACSQHC Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, AC-NAPS, Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic, the AMH Aged Care Companion, Hand Hygiene Australia, McGeer and Loeb criteria, AS 5369:2023 and the Cultural Respect Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Zealand (36 requirements)\u003c\/strong\u003e is built on Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard NZS 8134:2021 Section 5. It cross-references Health Quality and Safety Commission guidance, BPAC NZ prescribing guidance, the New Zealand Formulary and Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRate each requirement Met, Partially met, Not met or N\/A, and note the evidence you sighted as you go. Most services finish in 30 to 60 minutes. Your answers stay in your own browser, so nothing is sent anywhere and nobody else can see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you are done you get your result, your gaps ranked by priority, and an exportable action plan you can fold straight into your continuous improvement work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA free consultation is included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery completed assessment comes with a free consultation with an IPS infection prevention consultant, to help you turn the findings into changes that actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow your IPC Safety Check arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce your order is confirmed we email you the Aged Care IPC Safety Check as a single HTML file. Save it to your computer and open it in any web browser. There is no software to install and no account to create, and it keeps working once it is saved, so you can come back to it whenever suits you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf the email is not in your inbox within a few minutes, please check your junk or spam folder.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePlease read before you buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a self-assessment for quality improvement. It is not an independent audit, an accreditation outcome, or a certification, and completing it does not verify compliance on your behalf. IPS has not inspected your service. Check the current version of any standard cited before relying on a completed assessment as accreditation evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne practical note: your answers are saved in the browser you are working in, not inside the file itself. 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Modules include IPC governance, workforce competency, surgical site infection surveillance, precautions and patient streaming, hand hygiene, aseptic technique and the sterile field, invasive medical devices, environment and ventilation, workforce health, reprocessing of reusable medical devices, endoscopy, anaesthesia and antimicrobial stewardship, and your licensing or certification obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOptional modules switch themselves on and off based on your scope, so if you do not run on-site reprocessing, endoscopy or anaesthesia, you are not answering questions that do not apply to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChoose your country at checkout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach edition is built to the same depth against its own country's instruments, rather than one being translated from the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralia (128 requirements, 13 modules)\u003c\/strong\u003e is built on NSQHS Standard 3, actions 3.01 to 3.19, with AS 5369:2023, ACORN 2026, ANZCA PG28 (2025), the GESA\/GENCA 2025 Update and the National Hand Hygiene Initiative. 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Your answers stay in your own browser, so nothing is sent anywhere and nobody else can see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end you get your result, your gaps in priority order, and an exportable action plan ready for quality improvement, risk management or accreditation preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA free consultation is included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery completed assessment comes with a free consultation with an IPS infection prevention consultant, including help understanding the evidence an assessor is likely to want to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow your IPC Safety Check arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce your order is confirmed we email you the Day Surgery IPC Safety Check as a single HTML file. Save it to your computer and open it in any web browser. 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Save and return as you go, which matters on an assessment this size. Your answers stay in your own browser, so nothing is sent anywhere and nobody else can see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou finish with an immediate picture of compliance and risk, gaps in priority order, and an exportable action plan for quality improvement, clinical governance and accreditation readiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA free consultation is included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery completed assessment comes with a free consultation with an IPS infection prevention consultant, to help your team interpret the results and understand the evidence required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow your IPC Safety Check arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce your order is confirmed we email you the Hospital IPC Safety Check as a single HTML file. Save it to your computer and open it in any web browser. 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