Dr Prashant Nasa, HOD, Critical Care Medicine, Chairperson, Prevention and Control of Infection, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai stresses on Electronic monitoring, training and technology
HAI is a serious concern. What are the systems adopted by your hospital to control this?
Electronic monitoring of hand hygiene surveillance is a theme that has been ongoing in many healthcare institutions. To combat HAI, integrating patient characteristics and automated alerts in electronic health records are being implemented.
Training is important…
Ongoing staff training has always been a critical component of the HAI prevention strategy. User-responsive online training modules along with asynchronous classes has improved the participation of staff and provides opportunities for Infection control professionals to reach out to busy clinical staff.
The recent successful models adopted and to be introduced in 2024
Involvement of Infection control champions in the training of the staff. Use of technology and integration of Artificial Intelligence in training and surveillance is another area which is getting adopted in healthcare institutions.
Adoption of competency-based online training, technology-driven infection prevention & control dashboards is one area that needs further attention.
