DEPARTMENT OF INFECTION CONTROL

DEPARTMENT OF INFECTION CONTROL

1. History of development:
   - 1978: was founded under the name of  Sterile  Service Department.
   - 1986: changed name to Anti Infection Department.
   - From 2009 to now: changed name to Department of Infection control
2. Human Resource  structure:
   - 01 doctor as the head of department
   - 02 nurses
   - 07 employees
3. Functions

-  Establishing  annual infection control  plan of  to submit to the Council for Infection Control of the hospital.

• Checking the implementation of infection control procedures in the hospital
  - Evaluating and reporting cases of microbial agent exposure  of  hospital’ personnel.
• Monitoring the appropriate use of antibiotics.
  - Coordinating with the laboratory in microbial monitoring of hospital’s environment, water and instruments.
  - Training on infection control
• Updating knowledge on infection control for healthcare  workers
  - Providing  sterile gauze according to the needs of the department
  - Sterilizing surgical instruments and other instruments according to the needs of the department

4. Achievements:
   - Accomplishing  all missions.
   - Sterilizing and Reusing of cautery and electrodes to reduce patient  charge.
   - Replacing  metal boxes to plastic bag  containing instruments used in patient’s dressing
   - Providing  microsurgical and endoscopic  instruments sterilized  under low-temperature
5. Honors