Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Nosocomial infections: problems and solutions

In Manila (Philippines) held a working meeting of the APEC economic impact of hospital-acquired infections (HAI). The company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), applying its expertise, resources and technology to prevent the spread of infections associated with health care, throughout the world, has become one of the most active participants.

The forum was attended by representatives of the WHO, the International Consortium for the control of nosocomial infection (International Nosocomial Infections Control Consortium INICC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC), and public health authorities in different countries and professional the medical community. The Russian delegation was represented by leading experts in the country HAI: chief physician FGBU "CDC Polyclinic" Office of the President of the Russian Federation, GA Ivanov, MD, PhD, director of the Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy GBOU VPO "Smolensk State Medical Academy" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, RS Kozlov.

APEC health ministers recognize the growing economic impact caused by infectious diseases, which are becoming more prevalent in developing countries. The forum focused on the issue special panel discussions and roundtables. HAI is a serious burden and significant economic impacts on patients and health systems around the world. Out of every 100 hospitalized patients, at least 7 in developed and 10 in developing countries are infected. According to WHO, in intensive care, this figure could approach 30%.

The forum participants noted that infections acquired in the course of treatment, is one of the most common causes of death and increased mortality in hospitalized patients, to identify urgent measures to address the problem of HAI. Among them, in particular, the development of programs to improve the situation in APEC economies.

Given that most of these infections are treatable and Prevention, the workshop signed a resolution in which APEC countries reaffirm their commitment to prevent the spread of nosocomial infections. "Workable system requires active management of HAI legislative, supervisory and regulatory involvement of the state in the face of official national and regional health authorities, the active position of managerial Institutes of Health, skills, feedback mechanisms (LPU-MOH), the availability of trained personnel in the state of health care facilities (epidemiology), Resourcing, "- said Georgi Ivanov, chief medical FGBU" CDC Polyclinic "Office of the President of Russia.

Particular emphasis was placed on the role of health professionals in the prevention of nosocomial infections. This problem was given to the head of the company's BD in Russia and the CIS, MD Alexei beaver. "In order to effectively limit the spread of nosocomial infections and to reduce the associated economic costs necessary to implement the broad practice of modern biomedical technology, especially in matters of health facility staff hand hygiene, and safety of injections and other invasive clinical procedures," - he said.


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