Integrated Infection Control Strategies Across Healthcare Professionals: Multidisciplinary Approach

Abstract

Healthcare professionals need to understand the serious consequences of healthcare worker-acquired infections. The financial, medical, and social costs to hospitals and patients are enormous. Aggressive infection control measures need to be put in place and upheld in order to reduce the frequency of Healthcare professionals -acquired infections. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of Healthcare professionals -acquired infections have been produced and are still being developed by researchers and national bodies. It is imperative to use a multimodal approach that includes closure wards in outbreaks, infection prevention committees, antimicrobial stewardship programs, daily reassessments-intervention packages, identifying and decreasing risk factors, and ongoing staff education programs. Hospital infection control techniques are a developing field of study to ensure healthcare, hospital and patient safety and quality.