Adoption of Infection Control Practices and Procedures at Healthcare Settings Increases Significantly Post Covid-19 Pandemic

 

Infection Control

There are several methods of infection control and prevention, including personal hygiene practices, general practices of health care and institutional practices relating to safe handling of hazardous substances. The use of personal protective equipment is a necessary practice in the control and prevention of communicable diseases; it is done to protect the wearer and to reduce the risk of transmitting infections to other people. Personal care practices include washing hands frequently and following hygiene practices such as not using towels or rags that have been used on a patient in the last three months. General practices relating to health care involve maintaining adequate supplies of medical supplies such as medications and devices.

Adoption of infection control practices and procedures at healthcare settings has increased significantly post COVID -19 pandemic. In Germany, from 3 January 2020 to 5:54pm CEST, 27 July 2021, there have been 3,758,401 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 91,565 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 17 July 2021, a total of 88,400,469 vaccine doses have been administered.

It is important to apply standard precautions routinely in all health-care settings for all patients. These precautions include: hand hygiene; use of personal protective equipment, prevention of needle-stick or sharps injury; safe waste management; cleaning and disinfection of equipment; and cleaning of the environment. PPE help to reduce the spread of the pathogens. The effectiveness of PPE depends on adequate and regular supplies, adequate staff training, proper hand hygiene and in particular, appropriate human behavior.

With the emergence of Covid-19 and increasing demand for infection control, various companies are focused on acquiring companies that offer infection-prevention solutions. In July 2021, XPhyto Therapeutics, a provider of analytical testing and extract manufacturing services, acquired 3a Diagnostics in a bid to advance its infection-prevention solutions.


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