Mission

The mission of the Division of Infection Control is to prevent and control the healthcare-associated infections by reducing the risk of acquiring and transmitting infections and by promoting antimicrobial stewardship through collaboration with departments across the hospital.

Deparmental Functions

• Management and consultation for infection control issues or infection of patient care and employee health services
• Education of staff, patients and their family members, and other caregivers in the prevention and control of infections
• Continuous quality assessment, quality improvement, and infection risk reduction (e.g. hand hygiene promotion and onitoring)
• Identification and investigation of suspected outbreaks
• Surveillance for healthcare-associated infections (e.g. catheter related bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and surgical site infections) and epidemiologically significant organisms to track the occurrence and transmission of infections
• Evidence-based interventions to reduce healthcare-associated infections
• Promotion of antimicrobial stewardship
• Control of environmental infection sources
• Management of needle stick injuries
• Development and provision of educational programs regarding infection control and prevention for all hospital employees
• Management of regional infection control network
• Implementation of vaccine program for health care personnel