INFECTION CONTROL
Infection will occur if high standards of
preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative rules are not observed in
relation to the care of instruments and patients.
If there is any break of
these rules by the surgical team infection in surgical patients will occur..
Mechanism
The occurrence of infection and cross-infection
will rise, producing anything from minor wound infections to a major disaster
(tetanus) thus standing rules and procedures need to be defined by
hospital Infection Control Committees (ICC) and observed by the surgical
teams.
The
infection control committee, usually headed by a physician, infection control
nurse, or nurse epidemiologist. Following the standards set by the ICC, it
provides the hospital with an effective program with the following goals:
• Investigate
and identify source of the infection in each case. The source may be a person,
a patient or an employee or may be the practice of one or more employees of
poor aseptic technique, or a team member may be harboring a specific disease
organism that is transmitted to the patients in his or her care.
• To
identify need for change in rule book to prevent a future outbreak
• Provide
effective isolation of infected patients.Any questions be sent to drmmkapur@gmail.com
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