Contributed by Siddarth David & Dr. Tamhankar
The Royal College of Nursing in
the UK, last week launched a infection control and antibiotic resistance management
toolkit. It especially looks at sepsis in two main causes of infections in
hospitals pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
The toolkit seeks to highlight
organisational approaches to infection prevention
and control across primary, secondary and social healthcare settings. It also
provides guidelines to address the hospital acquired infections in the health
facility especially at the level of nurses and general physicians. It also lays
down indicators to evaluate the steps taken to reduce hospital infection rates
and antibiotic use.
The toolkit though not mandatory is the way
forward in addressing antibiotic resistance. It can be easily replicated with appropriate
contextualization in other national and regional settings.
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