Definitions for "INFECTION CONTROL"
The use of hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and specific work practices undertaken by healthcare workers in healthcare centers to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. The infection control actions taken depend on the way a disease is spread and can include Standard, Contact, Droplet, and/or Airborne precautions.
The activities aiming at the prevention and the spread of pathogens between patients, from healthcare workers to patients, and from patients to healthcare workers in the healthcare setting.
Measures taken to avoid the movement of disease-causing micro-organisms between patients and from place to place on a single patient. See also aerosol spread and cross contamination.
An important aspect of any health service, following guidelines set by CDC, OSHA, etc.