Prevention and Control of Hospital-Acquired Infections in Healthcare Workers

Author: Xu Xiuhua Huang Xun
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: 2003 was a severe threat to human health due to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). As of June 4, 2003, China had reported a cumulative total of 5,329 SARS cases, with 969 healthcare workers affected, accounting for a high proportion of 18.18%. Protecting the health of frontline healthcare workers who are fighting on the front lines of saving lives and treating the sick, and preventing them from being infected while treating patients, has become an urgent priority. To this end, experts from the Department of Infection Control at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, the National Training Base for Hospital Infection Monitoring and Management, have compiled this book to enhance and strengthen the self-protection awareness of healthcare workers. This book provides a detailed introduction to relevant concepts of healthcare worker infections, common types of infections, prevention and control knowledge for high-risk departments, legal aspects of healthcare worker infection incidents, and international progress in controlling healthcare worker infections. It specifically elaborates on the knowledge of preventing and controlling respiratory infectious diseases, bloodborne infectious diseases, gastrointestinal infectious diseases, and contact-transmitted infections among healthcare workers, as well as hospital prevention and isolation measures, aseptic techniques, hand hygiene, and other measures. At the end of the book, relevant documents such as the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China and the Hospital Infection Management Standards are included.