by Nosocomial infections pause a challenge in treating various kinds of infections, like upper respiratory tract infections in hospital settings. Nosocomial infections are infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment for a medical or surgical condition. Effective prevention and management of nosocomial infections is in demand to ensure rendering the quality care to the patients admitted in hospital settings. It’s applicable to primary, secondary and tertiary level of healthcare delivery
system.
An article published in ‘The Lancet’ shows the importance Infection Control System. ‘Initiation of a new infection control system for the COVID-19 outbreak’ by Xuejiao Chen , Junzhang Tian, Guanming Li, Guowei Li
In their study, they found that the Infection Control System ensured immediate prevention against nosocomial infection in negative pressure isolation wards which offered creative assistance to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Negative pressure isolation wards, generally the most dangerous area in the hospital for airborne diseases, are where all the confirmed cases receive medical care as a standard
practice.
Infection control system is a data mining tool that is on constant vigilance again outbreak of hospital acquired infections and indiscriminate antibiotic usage.
YASASII Infection Control System has the capability to identify the contagion and possible source of transmission by tracing all staff members and patients who came in contact with the host.
Key Features
Data is sourced automatically and analysed without human intervention.
Alerts the hospital authorities if an outbreak is suspected.
Tracks patient's journey and significantly reduces super bugs, Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) – type of Staphylococcus bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics and may be acquired during hospitalization.
Monitors the usage of antibiotics
Key Benefits
The hospital can formulate its antibiotic policy by analysing the antibiograms
Helps in further research and analysis of the outbreak.
Reduces and prevents antibiotic abuse.
Increases antibiotic sensitivity and reduces antibiotic resistance.
Implementation of Infection Control System might be a promising endeavour for
tracking and managing nosocomial infections.
