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.
Measures practiced by healthcare personnel in healthcare facilities to decrease transmission and acquisition of infectious agents (e.g., proper hand hygiene, scrupulous work practices, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) [masks or respirators, gloves, gowns, and eye protection]; infection control measures are based on how an infectious agent is transmitted and include standard, contact, droplet, and airborne precautions.
This is the practice of using all precautions such as protective eyewear, masks and protective garments as well as instrument sterilization and disinfectants to maintain a clean, sterile environment. All of this is a benefit to our patients, as well as our staff and doctors.
Processes and procedures in place to reduce the risk to patients and staff of contracting infectious diseases.
The process of minimising the risks of spreading infection while providing tattooing and body piercing procedures to clients.
Infection control and health care epidemiology is the discipline concerned with preventing the spread of infections within the health-care setting. As such, it is a practical (rather than an academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential (though often underrecognized and undersupported) part of the infrastructure of health care.