Muhammad Wasif Rashid Chaudhary
VMIH, United Arab Emirates
Title: Champions Role - preventing & controlling healthcare associated infections and complications
Biography
Biography: Muhammad Wasif Rashid Chaudhary
Abstract
Healthcare Champions role is to prevent and control infections in healthcare facilities by using advance strategies and to decrease transmission of infectious diseases from healthcare workers to patients and vice versa is very crucial. We shall discuss evidence based practices to understand why Hand hygiene, Isolation, standard Precautions and correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the patient care are important, to reduce healthcare associated infections and Occupational health hazards. Role of Quality improvement methodologies (FOCUS-PDCA & FMEA) and importance of implementations in healthcare facilities. Our focus will be on post exposure Interventions to infectious disease in
healthcare field and how to prevent and treat employee and also share guidelines for work restrictions to employees suffering from infectious diseases like Meningococcal Meningitis, HAV, HBV, HCV, HIV, MDRO, RSV, Varicella, TB and Influenza. According to Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), results of a project known as the HAI Prevalence Survey (2014 Data) were published in 2016. The Survey described the burden of HAIs in U.S. hospitals, and reported that, in 2011, there were an estimated 722,000 HAIs in U.S. acute care hospitals. Additionally, about 75,000 patients with HAIs died during their hospitalizations