The Role of IPNET-Kenya in infection control in Kenya and the region

Our Mission

To promote patient and staff safety in the healthcare settings by:

• promoting IPC measures
• advancing the field of healthcare epidemiology.

Our Goals

• Encourage and facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration on IPC issues
• Create opportunities for healthcare professionals with interest in IPC
• Work together to identify priorities and solutions in IPC

Our Objectives

• To raise awareness of IPC issues nationally and regionally
• To educate stakeholders on best practices of IPC
• To provide a forum for regular exchange of information on IPC issues.
• To prepare and disseminate IPC IEC materials
• To recognize and certify of IPC professionals
• To create an IPC database for research and decisions making
• To mentor, train and promote professional development in IPC
• To offer leadership in emergency preparedness, IPC, emerging and re-emerging diseases, bioterrorism, natural disasters
• To collaborate and share expertise with other organisations
• To promote high ethical standards in IPC

Membership

• Individual
• Corporate
• Students
• Emeritus
• must be a current member in good standing who has fully retired from the practice of IPC
• Patron
• firms or companies, which have an interest in, or concern about IPC.

Accomplishments

• Held 4 conferences, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 
• Participated in 2014 Blood safety Conference
• Partcipated in ICAN/ICAZ Conference 2014 - Meikles Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Supported M.O.H in development of Kenya National Policy and Guidelines on IPC, Curriculum for IPC, AMR surveillance guidelines etc

Accomplishments - Members

• Ebola sensitization/awareness to schools and churches
• CME to healthcare facilities
• Membership to national IPC committees
• Membership to Ebola preparedness teams-national/facility

Opportunities for IPNET

• IPC training curriculum development
• IPC sensitization/CME to facilities-the basics
• Support MOH in IPC documents dissemination
• Organize CME meetings and Workshops
• Hold Scientific Conferences
• Recruit more members
• Ebola response
  • Trainings
  • Technical support
• PPP with industry players to enhance IPC
  • Disinfectants/hand hygiene products
  • Injection devices
  • PPE
• Collaboration with:
  • Professional associations
  • Training institutions
  • Counties and facilities

Challanges

• Lack of secretariat
• Low membership
• Lack of footprint in all counties
• Lack of stand-by staff
• Not maximizing ICT-Website, e-learning etc
• Resources