Friday July 30, 2010
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Central South Infection Control Network (CSICN): Vision, Mission, Values

Mission

 

The Central South Infection Control Network (CSICN) is committed to achieving excellence in Infection Prevention and Control through leadership, partnerships, communication, education and surveillance.

 

Vision
 

As with all the Regional Infection Control Networks (RICNs), the CSICN has been charged with a mandate to:

 

“maximize coordination and integration of activities related to the prevention, surveillance and control of infectious diseases across all healthcare sectors and for all healthcare providers within the Central South region".

 

Over the next three years, CSICN will build and sustain a community of excellence in Infection Prevention and Control by:

 

  • Connecting health providers, organizations, services and institutions with each other to share, learn, practice and evaluate, with a goal to preventing or reducing the burden of infectious diseases.
  • Developing and providing culturally diverse and skills appropriate education, delivered through a multiple methods tailored to the needs of our partners
  • Providing practical, accessible evidence-based Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) tools and resources to support best practices across the continuum of health care
  • Raising Awareness of the impact to patient, visitor and staff safety that can result from non-compliance with IPAC best practices

 

To attain this Vision, CSICN has developed five key strategic directions that align with and interpret the provincial strategic directions in the Central South region:

 

Strategic Directions

1)      Knowledge Creation and Transfer

2)      Marketing and Communication

3)      Partnership and Networking

4)      Decision Makers Intelligence Strategy

5)      Public Health Emergency

 
These strategic directions and their associated strategic activities provide CSICN with a collaboratively developed road map for attaining the desired outcomes of CSICN’s three year Vision.