Infection Control in Hospitals

Infection Control in
Hospitals

What is infection control?
• Infection control refers to the discipline
that is concerned with management
and prevention healthcare associated
or nosocomial infections in hospital
settings (Krein et al. 2012).
• It is an essential topic in nursing
owing to the fact that it forms the
foundation of healthcare services,
which aims to improve health and
wellbeing of all patients.
• It is imperative to public
health practice.

Infection Control benefits
• Avoids official entanglements
• Upholds integrity of
maintaining patient safety
• Delivers highest quality care
service to patients
• Improves patient satisfaction
(Tacconelli et al. 2014)
• Prevents adverse medical
errors