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The Importance Of Infection Control In Medical Management

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Infection control has become somewhat of a political hot potato
in recent years with the media producing stories on the spreading
of so called 'super-bugs' in hospitals and medical institutions.
Thankfully to combat the problem a growing number of workers are
undergoing online training programmes to reduce instances of
these bugs such as MRSA and C.difficile.

The knowledge gained from these courses is expected to help if a
pandemic of any of these virus strains breaks out. Recent
research has shown that workers who undergo the online training
are more adept in infection control procedures and informing
patients on how to reduce the chances of contamination.

In terms of self assessment, workers who were surveyed before
undertaking the online infection control course gave their
competency levels at sixty four percent. Once the course had been
completed, this self assessed competency rose by nearly fifteen
percent. In addition almost ninety percent of participants
thought that the online training had given them a clearer picture
of how to control infection within their working area. The result
has been an improvement in procedural adherence and a wide
reaching change in behaviour.

An added benefit of having individually trained staff members
has been the feedback on current infection control procedures. As
long as institutions have been open to the suggestions of their
workers, they have seen an improvement in procedural knowledge
and effectiveness of these procedures. In addition to procedural
knowledge however, the courses give workers and understanding of
key issues such as hand washing, best hygiene practice and the
chain of transmission.

The results of these types of courses have been far reaching in
the medical sphere. Even experienced healthcare professionals
found that after additional instruction a marked change occurred
in their day to day behaviour and approach to infection control.
Of these changes a few were striking: Workers were clearly more
thorough with personal hand hygiene at all stages of the day. The
protective clothing worn by both workers and patients was
improved as were the procedures to dispose of this clothing. In
addition to the clothing, the wearing of gloves and eye
protection was also increased.

It is hoped that by increasing the training across the medical
profession as a whole, instances of cross contamination and
transmission of infection will be vastly reduced. As long as
staff members recognise the importance of the training and take
it on board; the situation should come into fruition.

This is a vital course of action should the problems of hospital
infection be solved. These problems are now fundamentally
international in nature meaning that agencies all over the globe
are introducing methods to increase training and hence reduce
instances of hospital based infections being contracted. A major
reason behind this move is not purely to limit infection however;
as these viruses are frequently contracted in hospitals, medical
institutions are obviously aware of the fact that more instances
will mean more lawsuits and hence more money being spent of legal
fees rather than health benefits. In a world where the medical
profession is under enough stress already, limiting infection is
a major initiative to reduce hospital running costs.

If these online courses are a success hospitals should be able
to reduce the instances of viruses such as MRSA. This is vitally
important in not only restoring faith in healthcare institutions
but also in reducing running costs. Today infection control is a
vital constituent of medical management that requires training
and procedural adherence to be successful.

Health expert Thomas Pretty looks into how <a
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becoming an increasingly large issue in medical institutions.

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