Since health care facilities provide care for a number of seriously ill and immu
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Question
Since health care facilities provide care for a number of seriously ill and immune compromised patients, an infectious disease outbreak inside the facility can be disastrous. Describe three possible routes through which infectious diseases could be introduced into a hospital besides a patient who has an infection. For each route that you identify, describe one possible policy that could be implemented to prevent infections coming in through that route. Then, describe a mechanism the hospital could use to monitor to make sure the policy is being followed. If you have personal experience with infection control programs at a healthcare facility, what kind of monitoring and prevention programs have you observed besides an emphasis on hand washing. Also, which department was responsible for these programs?
Explanation / Answer
Three possible routes infectious diseases could be introduced into a hospital.
Poor food processing, visitors, through air
1) They have to check the food before feeding to patients, should maintain high quality of food.
2) Who have visited to the patient, they must be hygienic, then only allow into the patient room
3) They should close the ways to which outside air enter into the hospital we should stop that because so many air born diseases infect through the air, they have to provide pure air then only we can prevent the air born diseases.