During the medical rescue after the Wenchuan earthquake, in order to prevent hospital environmental pollution and cross infection, the nosocomial infection control committee of West China Hospital of Sichuan University immediately initiated the emergency response plan, improved the triage system, and organized multi-disciplinary infection control groups to improve the triage of the wounded and the infection control of the emergency department. At the same time, we regulated the individual behavior of healthcare professionals and took appropriate measures for personnel protection so as to ensure the safety of both the wounded and healthcare professionals.
目的:通过对可重复使用物（管道类）存放现状的调查，为基层医院感染管理提供一定的理论依据。方法:对本市10家二级及以上医疗机构40个临床科室可重复使用医疗用物（管道类）的管理情况进行问卷调查，2007年2月对可重复使用医疗用物进行微生物监测。结果:共334件管道，其中二级医院218件，菌落超标34件，占10.17%；三级医院116件，菌落超标7件，占2.09%。结论:建立对可重复使用医疗用物管理制度，规范操作规程，才能有效防止医院感染。
Shortly after Wenchuan earthquake, the department of nosocomial infection control initiated the emergency response plan immediately. Based on the conditions of the wounded delivered to the hospital, especial infection control plans were designed to prevent hospital acquired infections of multi-drug resistant bacteria and infectious disease spread in hospital. The infection control persons inspected the health care workers carried out the plans every day. Through enforced the rules of standard precautions, contact precautions and disinfection methods thoroughly, an effective and efficient medical rescue service has been offered to the wounded.
ObjectiveTo explore the supervision and inspection mechanism of hospital-acquired infection management at hospital-level in order to promote continuous quality improvement of hospital-acquired infection control. MethodsInstead of inspecting hospital departments only by hospital infection control professionals, the clinical hospital infection control nurses were also involved in the two cross-inspections carried out respectively in September and December, 2013, which shared the same contents, methods, and the inspectors. According to standard procedures, on-site view and inquiry methods were adopted to check the implementation of the system and measures and the infection control knowledge among medical staff. Inspection results were written down to feed back to each department with a unified form. The problems found during the two inspections were classified to be analyzed and solved. The results of the two inspections were compared to understand whether the effect of continuous quality improvement can be achieved through cross-inspections and subsequent work. ResultsThe excellent rate of department and overall accuracy rate of the second inspection increased with statistical significance compared to that of the first inspection (χ2=619.902, P=0.000; χ2=40.347, P=0.000). Meanwhile, the correct rate of each module and infection control knowledge among all kinds of medical staff also increased compared with the first inspection with statistically significant differences (P<0.05). ConclusionLong-term mechanism of cross-inspection involving hospital infection control nurses should be established to facilitate the continuous quality improvement of hospital-acquired infection management.
ObjectiveTo understand the current situation of hospital infection management related to the hospital maternity ward, learn the risks of infection, discover problems existing in hospital infection management, and seek appropriate solutions for hospital infection. MethodsBetween January 2011 and December 2012, using uniform questionnaire for prospective survey and field interviews, we investigated the hospital infection situation in medical health care workers, pregnant women, and live newborns. ResultsA total of 2 225 questionnaires were retreated with a retreat rate of 100%. Hospital infection occurred in 23 cases, of which 15 cases were maternal infection (1.35%) and 8 cases were neonate infection (0.72%). Maternal infection was mainly focused on reproductive tract, surgery incision and urinary tract. Neonate infection was mainly focused on lower respiratory tract and skin. The management system of hospital infection in the maternity ward was basically strengthened, but the infection monitoring work was still not timely, and staff training in infection control knowledge was not in place. The overall environment, sterilization, disinfection and isolation should be strengthened, and there were also some other safety hazards. ConclusionThe management of infection in hospital maternity ward is the key to control the infection in maternity ward. The infection management seems perfect, but there are still some hidden dangers. The management system needs to be improved and the management should be implemented strictly according to the system, in order to avoid the occurrence of infection in maternity ward and ensure the safety of patients.
Objective To understand the current status of nosocomial infection management in secondary and higher medical institutions in the city to find out the problems and put forward countermeasures. Methods According to the standard of " 19. Nosocomia Infection Management” in the evaluation standard of Sichuan Provincial General Hospital of 2011, the nosocomial infection management of 18 hospitals at or above grade 2 was supervised and evaluated on site. Results The average score of the 18 hospitals was 84.88±2.58. Organization and management had the highest pass rate (83.33%), while the catheter room had the lowest (33.33%). Concusion The 18 hospitals’ nosocomial infection management has been led to different degrees of attention, to build a hospital management organizational structure, developed a more comprehensive rules and regulations and work processes. But in key sectors and key links, the pass rate is still low, it needs to timely update the management concept, increase the necessary facilities and equipment for sensing and controlling, refine the control measures, formulate the pre-plan process and quality assessment standards and effectively implement.
ObjectiveTo enhance the management of occupational exposure, improve post-exposure reporting, promote post-exposure follow-up, reduce blood-borne infections caused by exposure, and ensure occupational safety among medical staff by using comprehensive measures based on nosocomial infection management system.MethodsAll the reported cases of occupational exposure were retrospectively collected from August 2012 to July 2018. The cases were divided into the control group (from August 2012 to July 2015) in which the data were reported in paper, and the observation group (from August 2015 to July 2018) in which the data were reported by nosocomial infection management system. The report and follow up results of occupational exposure in the two groups were compared and analyzed.ResultsAfter three years application of nosocomial infection management system, the occupational exposure report increased 95.8% (increased from 16.7 cases per year to 32.7 cases per year); the follow-up ratio of occupational exposure after one month,3 months and 6 months increased from 65.0% to 93.3% (χ2=15.184, P<0.001), 45.0% to 73.3% (χ2=9.033, P=0.003), and 25.0% to 53.3% (χ2=8.522, P=0.004), respectively.ConclusionApplication of nosocomial infection management system can increase the report of occupational exposure and the follow-up ratio of occupational exposure significantly.
ObjectiveTo investigate the educational background of practitioners from the hospital infection control departments located in the mainland of China and reveal the necessity and employment prospects of setting up a major of hospital infection control for a bachelor degree in universities.MethodsA self-designed questionnaire was used to conduct an online survey on the Shanghai International Forum for Infection Control and Prevention and the WeChat group of nosocomial infection control from March 12th to March 25th, 2018. The convenient sampling method was used to investigate the leader of infection prevention and control department in each hospital. The survey included the regional distribution, attention on nosocomial infection control, existing staff structure, future staff needs and employment prospects of hospitals in 2018, and the attention on nosocomial infection control in the same period in 2014.ResultsA total of 1 654 questionnaires were obtained, from 30 provincial-level regions, including 103 maternal and child health hospitals, 143 other special hospitals, 258 hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine, and 1 150 general hospitals. Hospitals upgraded more attention on nosocomial infection control in 2018 than in 2014 [(3.76±0.98) vs. (2.94±1.14) points; t=-36.112, P<0.001]. Currently, there were 5 068.5 labors engaged in nosocomial infection control. The educational background of the current practitioners was mainly nursing [60.52% (3 067.5)]. In the next 5 years, 83.50% (820/982) of the hospitals that had recruitment plans planed to recruit graduates specialized in the hospital infection control, and respectively, 44.86% (742/1 654) and 17.35% (287/1 654) of the respondents believed that the employment prospects of graduates with bachelor degree specialized in the hospital infection control were good or very good.ConclusionThere is a tremendous demand for the graduates specialized in the hospital infection control, and it is imperative to set up this undergraduate major.
ObjectivesTo understand the current situation of the nosocomial infection management system in maternal and child health care institutions at all levels in Sichuan province, and provide a feasible policy basis for strengthening the nosocomial infection management.MethodsThe expert group members of Sichuan Maternal and Child Health Association Academy Association designed a unified questionnaire, and distributed the questionnaire through “Questionnaire Star” to carry out on-site online survey.ResultsA total of 159 maternal and child health care institutions participated in the survey. Most secondary and below maternal and child health care institutions had not set up professional hospital infection monitoring system. A few secondary and below maternal and child health care institutions did not independently set up a hospital infection management committee, hospital infection management department, full-time hospital infection department head, the inspection team of infection control, monitoring system, and nosocomial infection management system and special supervision had not been established in special departments. There were statistical differences in some jobs in the construction of nosocomial infection management system in different levels of maternal and child health care institutions (P<0.05).ConclusionsThe organizational system construction of hospital infection managemen are at a low level in the second level and below maternal and child health care institutions in Sichuan province. The tertiary maternal and child health care institutions should give full play to the leading role in promoting the standard construction of nosocomial infection management system of maternal and child health care institutions in Sichuan province, and carry out nosocomial infection management of maternal and child health care institutions orderly.