Infection Control
Infection control refers to
policies and procedures used to minimize the risk of spreading infection
especially in hospital and human. Infection control is the discipline concerned
with preventing nosocomial or healthcare associated infection, It is the
practical sub discipline of epidemiology. Eventhough it is an essential, often
under recognized and under supported part of the infrastructure of health care.
Infection control addresses
factors related to the spread of infection within the healthcare setting
(whether patient to patient and from patient to staff and from staff to
patients). Practices that control and prevent transmission of infection help to
protect patients and health workers from disease. Infection prevention and
control is required to prevent the transmission of communicable disease in all
health care settings. Risk factors that increase patient susceptibility to
infection. Health care workers should be vaccinated against preventable disease
such as hepatitis B. Personnel at risk for exposure to Tuberculosis and
HIV-AIDS should be screened per recommendations used to reduce the risk of
transmission of infectious agents from body fluids or environmental surface
that contain infectious agents.
Health care workers can protect
themselves from contact with infectious material or exposure to communicable
disease by having knowledge of the infectious process and appropriate barrier
protection. Knowledge of Microbiology is an essential component in nursing for
practicing disinfection and sterilization to eliminate pathogenic microbes
causing infectious disease.
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