Infection Prevention and Control

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

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Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a scientific approach and practical solution designed to prevent harm caused by infection to patients and health workers.[1]

What is an Infection?[edit | edit source]

An infection happens when germs enter the body, increase in number, and cause a reaction of the body.[2][3]

Infection Control and Prevention[edit | edit source]

Infection control and prevention is a global issue, especially in healthcare facilities where we have a duty to keep patient's who may have lower immune defences, safe and free from infection. Infection control and prevention can work effectively using 6 main themes[1]:

  • Leadership,
  • connecting and coordinating
  • Campaigns and advocacy
  • Technical guidance and implementation
  • Capacity-building
  • Measuring and learning

Examples of Infection Control[edit | edit source]

There are many areas in which infection control can be implement: [1][2][3]

  • Hand hygiene
  • Prevention of surgical site infections
  • IPC to combat antimicrobial resistance
  • Injection safety
  • Burden of health care-associated infections
  • Ebola response and recovery
  • IPC country capacity-building
  • Prevention of sepsis and catheter-associated bloodstream infections
  • Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.(CAUTI)
  • Isolation precautions Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO)
  • Intravascular catheter-related infection (BSI)
  • Organ transplantation Surgical site infection (SSI)
  • Norovirus Pneumonia prevention Dialysis
  • Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
  • Post exposure Prophylaxis in Healthcare Workers

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Infection Control for Acute Care Hospitals[edit | edit source]

To assist in the assessment of infection control programs and practices in acute care hospital the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that management can be divided into 4 sections:

it s divided into 4 sections:

  • Section 1: Facility Demographics
  • Section 2: Infection Control Program and Infrastructure
  • Section 3: Direct Observation of Facility Practices (optional)
  • Section 4: Infection Control Guidelines and Other Resources

Resources[edit | edit source]

The following resources expand further on the four sections mentioned above https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/icar/hospital.pdf

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WHO.infection prevention&control .Available from:https://www.who.int/infection-prevention/about/ipc/en/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CDC centers for disease control and prevention.infection control. Available from:https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/index.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilson J. Infection control in clinical practice. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2006 Jun 21.
  4. ↑ Health portal Infection control, Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgqTW0FjN08 (last accessed 22.4.2019)
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