15 th JUNE 2017
The nursing staff of our hospital attended a talk held at Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute, Mangaluru on 15 th June 2017 between 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm. The talk was on Health Care Associated Infection- Preventive Measures. Dr Bhaskar (MD), Clinical Microbiologist of the hospital was the speaker.
Healthcare associated infection is one of the most common complications of health care management. Hence, the speaker focused on prevention and control of hospital associated infection. He briefly explained the various aspects such as, the causes, infection control programme and it objectives, responsibility of the hospital administration, conducive health environment, prevention, routes of transmission, Bundles, surveillance, data collection, feedback, and outbreak investigation. The ultimate objective of the speaker is to minimize the risk of infection to patients and staff in the hospital by implementing good infection control programme.
Mrs. Prema, Mrs. Pushpalatha, our infection control nurses attended the talk as well as Ms. Ameeka Shereen Lobo, Quality and Training Coordinator attended the session.