An analysis on current situation and development tendency of hospital infection management in China
- VernacularTitle:对我国医院感染管理现状及发展趋势分析
- Author:
Shijun ZHU
;
Yanhong GUO
;
Li HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hospital infection;
Infection control;
Hand hygiene
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
1996;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the current situation of hospital infection management in some hospitals in China and explore its development tendency. Methods Surveys were made by means of questionnaires on hospital infection management in 16 hospitals of various tiers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and the results were compared with those of the two nation-wide surveys conducted respectively in 1994 and 1999. At the same time a dynamic assessment was made of hand hygiene implementation. Results The infection management systems in large and medium-sized hospitals in China were becoming increasingly perfect and a fairly high level was reached in function construction, team structure and expertise of hospital infection management departments. However, there were still many problems. 60% of medical staff washed their hands after patient-contact while only 35% did so before patient-contact and after item contact. Conclusion Hospital infection management in China has reached an important stage of accelerated development with substantial accumulation and more solid foundation. However, as far as development tendency is concerned, we should introduce technical indexes for quality control, put more emphasis on process-evaluation rather than result-evaluation in quality control management, stress the guiding role of evidence-based medicine in hospital management and promote a benign interaction between the hospital infection management and medical treatment process.
