Infection Control Education for Healthcare Workers

Abstract

Infection Control is central to the health system, providing quality and safe health care. Adequate diagnosis and management of HIV, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases can only be performed without putting others at risk of acquiring infection. Health care-associated infection is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality amongst both patients and health care workers worldwide and exhibits a range of health, social, economic, and public burdens. Due to these effects, it is essential to ensure that the health of those providing health care is safeguarded This course looks at infection as a means by which disease is transmitted. It focuses on how differences between infectious agents can determine how infection is controlled. The course also deals with the role of health care workers and health care institutions in the control of infection and provides health care workers with a thorough understanding of how infections are transmitted and what they can do to minimize and prevent the risk of infection. It concentrates on health care-associated infections due to procedures performed in health care units, along with how such infections can be controlled. Health care-associated infections can result from a variety of contaminated sources: medical equipment, health processes, hospital environments, humans, and other animals. Infection control policies are partly determined by patients' age statuses, the provision of independent information by governing authorities as well as high public relations by hospitals. Preventing Cross Infection (PCI) is essential to enhance the quality of service since cross-infection affects both health care providers and patients. Cross-infection poses a dilemma to patient safety, thus lowering the likelihood of quality health care. To address this challenge and ensure that PCI is effective, awareness of infection control must be emphasized for health care workers and patients.