Infection Control in Hospitals: Challenges and Measures

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
CRITICAL ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
In an hospital it is necessary to control infection so that clean environment is maintained. the
dispose of waste in effective way enable in preventing of infection. besides that, it is essential to
control infection so that people health is maintained in hospital and they are able to get treatment
properly. but it is analysed that in UK 300,000 patient suffers from infection. They require care
services. However, it is analysed that in 2011 almost 6.4% of people were infected. the major
occurred in respiratory one (Berríos-Torres,. and Dellinger, 2017). along with it, in 2007 there
was 9000 deaths in hospital due to infection. therefore, it is important to maintain quality
standards along with national guidelines and regulations. Besides that, NICE framework and
quality standards are followed in order to control infection. In addition to that measures in it are
related to making improvement in many areas of hospital. moreover, the health and social care
act 2012 state that in hospital and giving care services, NICE services are to be used. apart from
that, infection is major problem which is faced by hospitals of UK. the disease spread quickly
from one person to another. so it becomes crucial responsibility of hospital to maintain clean
environment and hygiene in hospital so that infection is controlled. In that there are different
practices which are implied by staff and management to maintain cleanliness. there are various
sources through which infection rises. it may be either from bacteria, fungi, etc. also, it spreads
from person to person quickly. thus, it is crucial to control it by taking effective measures. it is
important to control infection so that people do not get ill. also, it allows in providing high
quality care services. through that, there is high quality care services.
Moreover, it is analysed that there are certain forces due to which this issue is arisen. in this
it is specified that due to change in policies infection is rising in hospital. this is because
government is making new laws and regulation to be followed in it. due to that, hospital are
required to form new procedure to control infection (Cheng,. and Yuen, 2020). However, it is
stated that change in social trends is force that has resulted in focusing on healthy lifestyle and
reduction of infection in it. due to it, there is positive impact as it has led to control of infection
in hospital. Thus, new procedures are identified and relevant measures are taken to prevent
spread of infection in patient in hospital. Another force is environment as now government is
focusing on protecting environment and pollution. thus, they have made strict laws and policies
regarding dispose of waste. Alongside, guidelines are issued which needs to be followed by
hospitals and stakeholders to ensure that infection is controlled. so, it has resulted in taking
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