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    The document outlines policies and procedures for an infection control program. It states that there should be a documented infection control program aimed at preventing and reducing healthcare associated infections. It also calls for a multi-disciplinary infection control committee that meets monthly and is responsible for surveillance, outbreak detection, audits, and infection prevention/control activities. The infection control manual should define high-risk areas and procedures and be updated annually based on trends and audit outcomes.

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    The document outlines policies and procedures for an infection control program. It states that there should be a documented infection control program aimed at preventing and reducing healthcare associated infections. It also calls for a multi-disciplinary infection control committee that meets monthly and is responsible for surveillance, outbreak detection, audits, and infection prevention/control activities. The infection control manual should define high-risk areas and procedures and be updated annually based on trends and audit outcomes.

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    The document outlines policies and procedures for an infection control program. It states that there should be a documented infection control program aimed at preventing and reducing healthcare associated infections. It also calls for a multi-disciplinary infection control committee that meets monthly and is responsible for surveillance, outbreak detection, audits, and infection prevention/control activities. The infection control manual should define high-risk areas and procedures and be updated annually based on trends and audit outcomes.

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    Policy

     There should be a documented infection control programme which aims at preventing


    & reducing the risk of healthcare associated infection. This document should identify
    high risk areas & procedures
     There should be a multi-disciplinary Hospital Infection Control Committee consist of
    MS, Deputy MS, Infection control doctor, Infection control nurses, Microbiologist,
    HODs of Paediatric Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology,
    Anesthesiology, Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Lab, Dietician, Biomedical Engineer,
    Chief Nursing Officer, HOD Engineering Division, Controller of Finance, Purchase
    Officer, & Nurse In- charge of OT, CSSD, CVAD , laundry & housekeeping, NABH
    Coordinator.
     There should be a hospital infection control team consisting of MS, infection control
    doctor, dedicated infection control nurses and microbiologist for day to day
    functioning of infection control program.
     The infection control team should be responsible for surveillance process, detect
    outbreaks, participate in audit activity, day to day infection prevention & control
    within the hospital.
     There should be three designated and qualified infection control nurses for this
    activity. The surveillance system should be based on WHO criteria & it should define
    the frequency & mode of surveillance.
     The equipment cleaning & sterilization practices in each area should be mentioned.
     As a part of the infection control programme, the organization should develop a
    system for monitoring the drug susceptibility & accordingly develop its antibiotic
    policy. This antibiotic policy must be reviewed once in a year by the committee.
     The committee should also control the linen & laundry activities, kitchen sanitation,
    mortuary & engineering work to prevent infection.
     The infection control manual must be updated once in a year based on its trends &
    outcomes of the audit processes.

    Responsibility
    MS/ HIC committee/ HIC team

    Procedure
     Infection control program should be documented in the form of Hospital Infection
    control manual. It is the responsibility the HIC committee to review & update the
    manual once in a year/ or whenever required
     The manual should list all the high risk areas & procedures
     The infection control committee should be formulated & all the committee members
    must meet once in a month to discuss the issues and take corrective & preventive
    action.
     The hospital infection control team should collect the necessary data required for the
    HIC committee and implement the decisions/ corrective & preventive action taken by
    the committee
     The designated & qualified infection control nurses should be responsible for all the
    HIC activities.
     The frequency & mode of surveillance in each area should be mentioned in the HIC
    manual.
     Equipment cleaning & sterilization practices of ward, OT, ICU & CSSD should be
    mentioned in this manual.(Refer HIC/ CSSD manual)
     The microbiologist should develop an antibiogram & based on that the antibiotic
    policy needs to be developed by experts in various clinical speciality. The committee
    can refer WHO reference document “Global strategy for containment of antimicrobial
    resistance”.
     The linen & laundry manual should clearly state washing protocols for different
    categories of linen including blankets. (Refer Linen & Laundry services manual).
     The hospital adheres to kitchen sanitation and food-handling issues
     Issues such as air conditioning plant & equipment maintenance, cleaning of AC ducts,
    AHUs, replacement of filters, replacement / repair of plumbing, water supply sources
    & testing of water quality must be documented in the maintenance division.
     The organization adheres to safe injection and infusion practices

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